Biden Signals Support For Campus Kangaroo Courts With Latest Education Department Nomination
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Biden Signals Support For Campus Kangaroo Courts With Latest Education Department Nomination

Ashe Schow

President Joe Biden is making good on his promise to undo the due process protections restored to college students during the Trump administration by nominating someone who was instrumental in ensuring college students accused of sexual misconduct were not afforded due process rights.

Late last week, Biden nominated Catherine Lhamon to serve as Assistant Secretary of the Education Department’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR), a position she also held during the Obama administration, when schools were incentivized to find students responsible for sexual misconduct no matter the evidence or risk a federal investigation.

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