WASHINGTON, DC, Sept. 13, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — The US Department of Education’s proposed changes to Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 would significantly reduce judicial protections in Title IX proceedings and the right to liberty of first Amendments violate speech, expression, association and practice of religion. Comments submitted by the New Civil Liberties Alliance, a nonpartisan, nonprofit group, argue that assault and sexual harassment/discrimination convictions should be eliminated entirely from universities and moved to the criminal justice or civil justice systems. However, if they are to be tried on campus, such judgments must protect the right to due process of both the accuser and the accused.

The agency’s efforts to expand Title IX to address other perceived issues, such as: B. Redefining “gender” to “gender” or “gender identity” is an unlawful usurpation of Congress’s sole legislative power and will force colleges and universities to eliminate women’s sports and women’s dormitories — and possibly even fraternities and sororities. By expanding the definition of “sexual harassment,” the Department of Education’s proposed rule will violate the rights of students and faculty under the First Amendment.

Through representing clients, NCLA is all too familiar with the injustices that result from systems that disregard fundamental aspects of due process. dr Mukund Vengalattore, a highly respected physics professor at Cornell University, had his career derailed and his reputation shattered by baseless allegations of sexual misconduct that he couldn’t really refute. NCLA represents him in dr AS Mukund Vengalattore v. Cornell University and the US Department of Education. NCLA also represents Alyssa Reid in her case against James Madison University, which illustrates the life-destroying consequences that occur when campus tribunals significantly curtail adequate trial protections. Although Ms. Reid had the appearance of a hearing, she wasn’t…