By Joe Biden’s rules for college students, Joe Biden is sex offenderBy KC Johnson
May 11, 2020 | 8:12pm
Joe Biden’s public repudiation of Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos’ new Title IX regulations wasn’t the normal criticism by a challenger against an incumbent administration. After several days during which the ex-veep and his media allies celebrated the importance of due process in evaluating sexual-assault allegations, Biden denounced DeVos’ own efforts to ensure that accused college students receive fair procedures.
The hypocrisy was striking. The new regulations undid an Obama-era initiative in which Biden was the key player. Convinced that male students typically stood by as they saw “a brother taking a drunk freshman coed up the stairs to his room,†Biden oversaw a multiyear effort to use Title IX tribunals to “change the culture†on campus.
Due process, the rights of the accused or the possibility of false allegations appeared in no public speeches that he gave on the topic; indeed, the concepts were obstacles to his goal. Too many not-guilty findings wouldn’t produce the needed change.
Then came Tara Reade, who charges that then-Sen. Biden, her former boss, sexually assaulted her 27 years ago. Reade’s claim has many weaknesses, but it’s nevertheless weighty enough to yield a guilty finding from a Title IX tribunal under the procedures and standards of evidence Biden championed.
Biden has now urged the public to evaluate Reade’s allegations under traditional rules, respecting the presumption of his innocence. Reade, Biden maintains, should face rigorous questioning rather than enjoying the benefit of the reflexive belief that he had offered to campus accusers. ...
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