Massachusetts Senate Votes to Kill Due Process in Campus Sexual Assault Tribunals

BOSTON — A bill that addresses campus sexual assault and harassment allegations swept through the Senate in a unanimous vote this week, but a close inspection of the language suggests it may open up the Bay State's colleges and universities to a batch of lawsuits from the accused. The unintended consequences stemming from the measure, titled "An Act Relative to Sexual Violence on College Campuses," could be similar to the legal ramifications that dogged former President Barack Obama's Title IX

BOSTON — A bill that addresses campus sexual assault and harassment allegations swept through the Senate in a unanimous vote this week, but a close inspection of the language suggests it may open up the Bay State's colleges and universities to a batch of lawsuits from the accused. The unintended consequences stemming from the measure, titled "An Act Relative to Sexual Violence on College Campuses," could be similar to the legal ramifications that dogged former President Barack Obama's Title IX…