redefinition of consent. its resolution being debated this week would call on legislatures and courts to "define consent in sexual assault cases as the assent of a person who is competent to give consent to engage in a specific act." and "to reject any acquirement sexual assault victims have a legal burden of verbal or physical resistance." that echoes a california law. the approach yes means yes. new york's law. "in cases where a potential victim might be drunk or unconscious, as a result of drugs taken knowingly or not and therefore unable to resist or to give consent." critics, among them the national association of criminal defense lawyers, say affirmative consent laws are dangerous because they