When the accusation is sexual assault or rape, the rights of the accused go out the window. Prosecutors and plaintiffs' lawyers in civil cases drag in character assassins who know nothing about the alleged assault but instead make their own claims – without proof – that they too were victims of the accused, often decades earlier. 

That's what happened to President Donald Trump in the E. Jean Carroll case, and why he is asking the Supreme Court to overturn the jury's decision. 

On Wednesday, the justices delayed for the 11th time answering whether they will take up E. Jean Carroll v. Trump. In May 2023, a New York jury found Trump liable for sexually abusing sex columnist Carroll in a Bergdorf Goodman's lingerie dressing room in the mid-90s. The jury awarded her $5 million. 

Court watchers speculate the justices are delaying until a companion case, also involving Trump and Carroll, weaves its way up to them. 

Timing aside, it's essential that the court strike down that jury verdict against Trump to halt the character assassination strategy. 

Men accused of sexual assault are losing their right to a fair trial because of misguided changes to the Federal Rules of Evidence that Congress made in 1995, only for sexual........

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