Ep. 11 Robert Shibley’s ‘Twisting Title IX’

“Unfortunately, Title IX has really become unmoored from its
original intention,” says Foundation for Individual Rights in
Education (FIRE) Executive Director Robert Shibley.


Title IX is the 1972 law that prohibits sex discrimination in
federally funded educational programs. The active part of the law
is less than 40 words long. But in a forthcoming book entitled
“Twisting Title IX,” Shibley argues that these words have been
“twisted” by an activist Department of Education to violate the
free speech and due process rights of students and faculty
members on college campuses.


In this episode of “So to Speak,” we talk with Shibley about his
new book, and investigate how a short law passed without much
fanfare in 1972 only recently ballooned into one of today’s main
threats to individual rights on campus. We also learn about those
on campus who are fighting back.


Plus, we take a listener question about anonymous speech.


“Twisting Title IX” will be released on Tuesday, September 27 and
is available today for pre-order through Amazon.com.


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