cross-examine their accusers and accusers who could appeal a not guilty verdict to amounting to what many legal experts say is double jeopardy. the dear colleague guidelines also lead to allegations including the case last may of thomas kaki, a student at the university of texas arlington. he was a straight male accused by a male student of writing anti-gay comments on his computer and calling him anti-gay slurs. he said it was the accuser who made unwelcome sexual advances toward him and because those advances were rejected, he said the accuser made up the story about sexual misconduct. we ended up being charged with two violations, was told he could be expelled and a few days later took his own life. but a lawsuit against the university now claims that he never even got the lowest protections under title ix in saying that a title ix coordinator was never informed of the allegations and that
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have the most threat coming from them, sometimes i m not sure they look at what president trump has done and feel comforted by the fact that he seemed to change his mind about foreign policy and an almost daily basis. having conversations privately even if they re not protected to the world, i hope they re putting the strategy in place for what comes next. martha: thank you very much. good to see you guys. new details tonight, a title ix case out of texas that is getting national attention now after the accused college student took his own life in. his father is now suing and the family s attorney joins us here exclusively tonight, important story with implications for a lot of schools around the country. and there are the polls on the left-hand side of your screen. here we go again. kansas has a special election tonight for a seat that was opened up when mike pompeo took over as head of the cia, but in our publicans are kind of concerned. as a tight race. how will it play out? we wi
opportunity to find a witness in support of his position. martha: we hope because we get a number of stories on these title ix cases that the trump administration secretary of education betsy devos will look at the is the dear colleague letter s will try to create a system that is more just for both sides because we live in a country where you re innocent until proven guilty, but what is your one bit of advice for them? almost out of time, to a college student of their accuser someone like this on campus, what to advise him to do? has to go first, take an accusation in and of itself very, very seriously and understand that the stakes of not doing seo and not finding out what your rights are and how to protect those rights can be absolutely devastating. if you don t act to protect them. so we encourage students to involve their parents and seek legal counsel. that s the best they can do. martha: thank you. we ll continue with this and be righ my business was built with passion. but
which in effect denied him any opportunity to find a witness in support of his position. martha: we hope because we get a number of stories on these title ix cases that the trump administration secretary of education betsy devos will look at the is the dear colleague letter s will try to create a system that is more just for both sides because we live in a country where you re innocent until proven guilty, but what is your one bit of advice for them? almost out of time, to a college student of their accuser someone like this on campus, what to advise him to do? has to go first, take an accusation in and of itself very, very seriously and understand that the stakes of not doing seo and not finding out what your rights are and how to protect those rights can be absolutely devastating. if you don t act to protect them. so we encourage students to involve their parents and seek legal counsel. that s the best they can do. martha: thank you. we ll continue with this and be right back.