The first principal of the ACLU must be protection of the innocent.

This means forcing the state (or the school) to prove its case. This means accusers confront the accused, even if that is uncomfortable for the accuser. The ACLU has defended Nazis, Klansmen, murderers, rapists and the like in support of the principles of due process and civil liberties. What mattered was not the evil nature of the defendant, but the vindication of the principles of liberty.

I say the ACLU owes the same zealous defense to the rights of these young college men accused of the most heinous acts sexual harassment. The ACLU stood up for the Scottsboro Boys accused of rape. It should not fail our young college men, even if they are white, and even if they be middle class. Today, the lynch mob comes from the left, and the ACLU must stand up to it, even if they don't wear sheets.