On Tuesday the Biden Administration’s Education Department followed up on Executive Order 14021 with a letter announcing public hearings as part of a “comprehensive review” of agency action on Title IX—including review of the most recent Rule protecting due process. Title IX is the federal law banning sex discrimination at schools receiving federal funds. Since 2011, it has been used to address sexual misconduct on campus, with Title IX officials often railroading accused stu

On Tuesday, the Biden administration announced its intent to modify or replace the Title IX regulations adopted last year by former Education Secretary Betsy DeVos. Those regulations gave accused students a chance for fairer treatment in Title IX tribunals by ensuring the presumption of innocence, access to evidence the university gathered in the investigation, and adjudication through a hearing with cross-examination conducted by a lawyer or advocate for each of the parties.