Due Process
On July 14, 2020, the State University of New York at Binghamton announced a plan to address campus sexual assault in part by automatically suspending “Greek life organizations that are connected in any way to a sexual assault case, immediately at the time that the sexual assault is reported, with permanent removal of recognition to... Read more Read more
Victim Rights Law Center, Equal Rights Advocates, Legal Voice, and Chicago Alliance Against Sexual Exploitation v. Elisabeth D. DeVos; Kenneth L. Marcus, and United States Department of Education (U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts) (filed June 10, 2020 by National Women’s Law Center) Read more
State of New York v. United States Department of Education and Elisabeth DeVos (U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York) (filed June 4, 2020) Read more
Pennsylvania, New Jersey, California, Colorado, Delaware, Illinois, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, New Mexico, North Carolina, Oregon, Rhode Island, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, Wisconsin, and D.C. v. Elisabeth D. Devos, United States Department of Education, and Texas (U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia) (filed June 4, 2020) Read more
Know Your IX; Council of Parent Attorneys and Advocates, Inc.; Girls For Gender Equity; and Stop Sexual Assault In Schools v. Elisabeth D. DeVos; Kenneth L. Marcus, and United States Department of Education (U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland) (filed May 14, 2020 by the ACLU) Read more
In December 2019, St. Thomas University graduate student Natalia Garceau expressed complaints about STU’s Ed.D. program. The university summarily expelled Garceau, apparently without providing her any of the due process protections it promises to its students, including notice of charges, a preliminary conference, a hearing, and an appeal process. FIRE wrote to STU in January,... Read more Read more
On May 6, 2020, the Department of Education finalized regulations that guarantee college students important free speech and due process rights on campus. Read more
On April 8, 2020, Haskell Indian Nations University (HINU) student Russell Parker was golfing on his nearly-empty campus when a staff member ordered him to leave and threatened to tow his nearby car if he refused. Parker asked the administrator if he was “on some kind of power trip” and said he was “being an... Read more Read more
In August 2019, Florida International University’s student newspaper, PantherNOW, announced FIU had denied it football press credentials for the current season after the newspaper reported last season that a player was continuing to play while a warrant was out for his arrest. While PantherNOW editors reported their credentials were quickly restored and the university said... Read more Read more
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