Sunday, August 21, 2011

College Rape Accusations and the Presumption of Male Guilt
Pressured by the Obama administration, universities abandon any pretense of due process in sexual assault cases.


Florida teacher suspended for Facebook entry opposing NY gay-marriage law
Do teachers in public-school systems have a “special ethics” code that prevents them from publicly speaking on policy issues?

Lake County Schools in Florida suspended Jerry Buell, a high-school teacher with a reportedly impeccable record for 22 years, for posting his opposition to New York’s new gay-marriage law, and will start termination proceedings against him. ...

US judges rule for teacher who called creationism 'superstitious nonsense'
A public high school teacher in California may not be sued for making hostile remarks about religion in his classroom, a federal appeals court ruled on Friday.

The decision stems from a lawsuit filed by a student charging that the teacher’s hostile remarks about creationism and religious faith violated a First Amendment mandate that the government remain neutral in matters of religion.

A three-judge panel of the Ninth US Circuit Court of Appeals ruled unanimously that the lawsuit against an advanced placement history teacher at Capistrano Valley High School in Mission Viejo must be thrown out of court because the teacher was entitled to immunity....