On October 15th, 28 current and retired Harvard Law professors penned an op-ed calling upon the university to abandon its new sexual harassment policy on the grounds that it violates the due process rights of the accused. According to emeritus professor Alan M. Dershowitz, the new policy is “political correctness run amok.” In this post, I briefly summarize Harvard’s new policy and… Continue reading Harvard Law Professors Join the Anti-Rape Movement Backlash
Category: The Courts
Patricia Esparza: Victim on Trial
“I feared for my life and felt that the only thing I could do was to submit. All I knew is that these people were dangerous, and I needed to stay quiet.”
Three Reasons Why Voter ID Laws Should Be the #1 Issue for the Occupy Movement
In early 2009, I had dinner with a prominent, conservative political operative at the Rainforest Cafe in Downtown Disney. He calmly (and accurately) predicted that the 2010 mid-term election would see the largest Republican gains in half a century. He then leaned in and half-whispered, “but you haven’t seen anything yet. Just wait until 2012… Continue reading Three Reasons Why Voter ID Laws Should Be the #1 Issue for the Occupy Movement
Pennsylvania Public Service Announcement Blames Rape Victims
Rape reporting, prosecution, and conviction rates across the country are appallingly low, but it’s easier to get away with sexual assault in some places compared to others. Pennsylvania is one of those places. In Pennsylvania, expert testimony isn’t allowed in the courtroom. Instead, jurors frequently rely on abundant, harmful rape myths. We shouldn’t be that surprised, then, that earlier this week the Pennsylvania… Continue reading Pennsylvania Public Service Announcement Blames Rape Victims