Due Process
The rights of all Americans can be secured only through the establishment of fair processes and with a consciousness that all are equal in the eyes of the law. Yet on many campuses, the unfortunate accused face "kangaroo courts" without fair procedures, in which the political viewpoint of the "judges" greatly affects the outcomes of trials. The accused are often charged with no specific offense, given no right to face their accusers, and sentenced with no regard for fairness or consistency. The FIRE cases listed below illustrate our fight for fundamental fairness on our nation's campuses. This generation of students must come to know that justice means more than merely the enforcement of the will of the powerful and the suppression of the views of the powerless.
- Download and order FIRE's Guide to Due Process and Fair Procedure on Campus.
- Download and order FIRE's Guide to Student Fees, Funding, and Legal Equality on Campus
- Arizona State University: Racial Restrictions on Class Enrollment (2005)
- Brandeis University: Refusal to Provide Due Process to Person Accused of Sex Offense
- California: Unconstitutional Discriminatory Harassment Policies
- Columbia University: Violation of Due Process Rights in Sexual Misconduct Policy
- Duke University: Overbroad and Unjust Sexual Misconduct Policy
- George Washington University: Secret Informer Line
- Gettysburg College: Unjust Sexual Misconduct Policy
- Hamline University: Student Suspended after Advocating Concealed Carry on Campus
- Harvard University: Denial of Due Process for Student Acquitted of Criminal Charges
- Harvard University: Due Process Debate
- Hinds Community College: Student Barred from Class
- Princeton University: Refusal to Recognize Religious Group
- Southwestern College: Professors Banned from Campus after Students Stray Beyond 'Free Speech Patio'
- Temple University: Student Group Put on Probation Because of FIRE Speaker
- University of California at San Diego: First Amendment Violations at UCSD
- University of Colorado at Boulder: Disciplinary Hearing Allowing Accuser to Judge Accused
- University of Colorado at Boulder: Investigation of Professor for Controversial Essay
- University of Idaho: Student Charged With Discrimination and Harassment for 'Offensive' Speech
- University of South Florida: The ‘Heckler’s Veto’
- Valdosta State University: Student Expelled for Peacefully Protesting Parking Garages