{"id":1417286,"date":"2022-04-04T07:15:41","date_gmt":"2022-04-04T11:15:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1417286"},"modified":"2022-04-04T07:15:48","modified_gmt":"2022-04-04T11:15:48","slug":"biden-administration-to-demand-colleges-erase-womens-sports-due-process-free-speech-and-men-and-women","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-administration-to-demand-colleges-erase-womens-sports-due-process-free-speech-and-men-and-women\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden Administration To Demand Colleges Erase Women\u2019s Sports, Due Process, Free Speech, And Men And Women"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbiden-administration-to-demand-colleges-erase-womens-sports-due-process-free-speech-and-men-and-women%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1417286&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/9657997855_ecab7f3f27_k.jpeg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p>President Joe Biden\u2019s Department of Education is expected to finalize changes to Title IX rules in the coming weeks to expand the definition of discrimination beyond sex to also include sexual orientation and gender identity.<\/p>\n<p>The rule changes will have seismic implications, setting off not just state versus federal showdowns over state laws barring biological males from competing in women\u2019s sports, but also how college campuses handle sexual harassment charges and due process. <\/p>\n<p>While these changes have been anticipated since Biden took office, last week the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/education\/2022\/03\/30\/transgender-discrimination-title-ix-rule-students\/\">Washington Post<\/a> reported the first look at a draft copy of the proposed language, which includes this key sentence:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>Discrimination on the basis of sex includes discrimination on the basis of sex stereotypes, sex-related characteristics (including intersex traits), pregnancy or related conditions, sexual orientation, and gender identity.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The Post also reported that Biden\u2019s DOE plans to rewrite rules established by President Donald Trump\u2019s DOE, under former Education Secretary Betsy DeVos, that required schools to recognize the presumption of innocence\u00a0for those accused of sexual harassment or assault. <\/p>\n<p>Some of the DeVos era due process protections that may be targeted or revoked entirely include the right to cross-examination for both the accuser and the accused, as well as the right to full access to all evidence collected by schools in sexual harassment investigations and the opportunity to respond to that evidence. <\/p>\n<p>Candice Jackson, who was Department of Education deputy general counsel during the Trump administration, told The Federalist that these two major changes, to both the definition of discrimination and the definition of what constitutes sexual harassment, will overlap in severely detrimental ways. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s going to affect people\u2019s ability on campus to talk about or debate about single-sex spaces on campus like women\u2019s sports,\u201d Jackson said. \u201cAll of a sudden, you\u2019re in a position where even having a discussion or even trying to advocate for keeping women\u2019s sports single-sex could get you called a harasser.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Jackson said loosening the definition of sexual harassment moves beyond handling alleged rapes and into the realm of academic freedom. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou\u2019re now talking about the ability on campus to have important discussions on what gender identity discrimination means,\u201d she said. <\/p>\n<p>But the rules are finalized, the return of campus kangaroo courts is likely to be overshadowed by the current culture war spotlight on women\u2019s sports. With biological males winning national women\u2019s titles, states that have recently passed laws protecting women from unfair male competition are likely to face the pressure of losing their Title IX funding.<\/p>\n<p>Jackson said she thinks this time will be different. She expects states to refuse to back down, as they have on other issues where the federal government wields its funding hammer. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is enough disagreement at a fundamental level about whether or not it is now ever OK to provide separate comparable services and activities for boys and girls and men and women that this is this is going to be a bit of a showdown, probably needing to be revisited by the Supreme Court,\u201d she said. <\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n<div class=\"article-author-description fst-italic\">\n  Madeline Osburn is managing editor at The Federalist. 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