Summary: <a href="https://www.lawliberty.org/2014/08/11/rule-by-edict-shep-melnick-on-the-power-of-the-civil-rights-state/"></a>This conversation with Shep Melnick looks into the enforcement practices of the Office for Civil Rights in the Department of Education, one of the most powerful and secretive agencies in the administrative state. This agency caught the attention of many in 2011 when Russlynn Ali, Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights, sent a “Dear Colleague” letter to colleges and universities lowering the standard of guilt in a sexual harassment or sexual violence proceeding from guilt beyond a reasonable doubt to preponderance of the evidence (i.e., it is more likely than not that sexual harassment or violence occurred). Topping it off was…<a class="moretag" href="https://www.lawliberty.org/2014/08/11/rule-by-edict-shep-melnick-on-the-power-of-the-civil-rights-state/">Read More</a>
