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Destroy Obama’s kangaroo courts for college sex crimes — and bring back equal justice

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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.

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Trump has put all colleges and universities on notice: Provide equal justice for men and women, or risk losing your federal funds. 

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........

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