DISPATCHES FROM THE EDUCATION APOCALYPSE: The ‘Cornell 7’ haven’t been charged. The mob doesn’t care.

The allegations of a gang rape at a Cornell University frat house in 2024 that are dominating headlines have transported me right back to the preceding decade, where cases of regret too often turned into accusations of rape.

These were the years of the Obama administration, during which colleges and universities were pushed to investigate allegations of sexual misconduct in ways that favored the accusers. The accused – almost always young men – were essentially stripped of their constitutional due process rights, and the accuser’s word was all that mattered. Many male students were kicked off campus, with their reputations in ruins while they often lost judicial protections.

This problematic and unfair framework was fixed during President Donald Trump’s first term, and as of Sept. 28, those guidelines have been officially reinstated.

There is a rush to judgment in the Cornell rape allegations

The heated reaction to the Cornell allegations and the rush to judge the young men involved before they’ve had their day in court makes me fear the country has learned nothing about the dangers of simply “believing women.”

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The black kid is also the one who wrote the lewd messages on the group chat encouraging other boys to go see. Seriously, what is Letitia going to do? Is BLM going to intervene?

— Peachy Keenan (@KeenanPeachy) October 4, 2026