Destroy Obamas kangaroo courts for college sex crimes and bring back equal justice

If the reopened investigation of the “Cornell 7” results in indictments, the accused will be entitled to a fair trial in a court of law.But hundreds of college students each year accused of sexual assault don’t get those protections.Many fall into the clutches of college disciplinary panels — campus proceedings generally rigged in favor of the female accuser.They’re kangaroo courts dispensing lynch-mob injustice to college males. On Sept.26, coincidentally the same day prosecutors reopened the Cornell case, President Donald Trump’s Education Department took a big step toward restoring fairness.The department announced new rules — in the works long before the Cornell scandal hit the headlines — that colleges must follow in responding to sexual assault charges.Trump has put all colleges and universities on notice: Provide equal justice for men and women, or risk losing your federal funds. Not a day too soon.This anti-male unfairness originated with orders from President Barack Obama in 2011.At many colleges, the female accuser remains behind a shield of anonymity, like Jane Doe in the Cornell case — but the accused young men are publicly named, ruining their reputations and futures regardless of the truth. Most campuses refer to the female accuser as a “survivor,” as if there’s no question the assault happened, rather than a complaining witness.Invariably, she’s backed by a phalanx of campus administrators ready to help.She’s often allowed to present more evidence than the accused, and sometimes is even spared cross-examination — violating our legal system’s fundamental right to know and confront your accuser.

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Never miss a story.Victim advocates like Zoey Brewer of RAINN insist that “the live cross-examination” can be “s...