Since the federal government began its assault on campus due process in April 2011, hundreds of students accused of sexual misconduct on campus have filed lawsuits alleging they were denied a fair shake in their universities' adjudication of those claims.

One university—Penn State—has now been rebuked twice by the same judge for its shoddy treatment of students accused of sexual misconduct. In a ruling issued just last week by Judge Matthew Brann, an Obama appointee, Brann indicated university administrators may be ignoring policies they put in place following the first suit.

In 2015, Brann granted a temporary restraining order preventing Penn State from enforcing a punishment that could have resulted in a student's deportation to Syria in the midst of that country's civil war. Brann enjoined Penn State from enforcingthe student's suspension, saying the student was "reasonably likely to succeed on the merits" of his constitutional due process claim against the university, and that he would "face the potential for serious bodily harm and related injuries" if he lost his student visa and was deported to Syria.

The most recent suit, brought by plaintiff "John Doe," stems from alleged unwanted sexual contact on September 7, 2016. Doe and his accuser, "Jane Doe," were both students in a special pre-med/medical program at Penn State. According to a text message that Jane sent her roommate,John forcibly put his finger inside Jane's vagina, leaving her "bleeding a little."

As in so many of these cases, Jane's and John's accounts of what happened vary dramatically. According to John, there was no digital penetration;