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fall 2025
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“. . . During the ‘Red Scare’ of the Cold War era, universities imposed ideological and viewpoint orthodoxy on faculty members, capitulating to federal and state government threats, costing many scholars their careers, and depriving students of valuable diverse perspectives. Universities have been apologizing for this cowardice and failure to defend academic freedom ever since. They should not make the same mistake in responding to the Trump administration’s abuse of federal regulatory power to impose its preferred viewpoints on higher education institutions.”
Suffolk Law Professor Renée Landers on academic freedom
“. . . And, while Republicans often blame Democrats for not being tough enough on crime, experts say that social policies from both parties—including conservative ones like lax gun laws and cuts to public education and social safety net programs—can play a role in creating conditions for illegal activity. “‘Ironically, many initiatives [aimed at collaboration between federal and local law enforcement] have been eliminated, and now we’ve turned toward militarization,’ says Brenda Bond-Fortier, an expert on policing structures at Suffolk University in Boston.”
Public Service & Healthcare Administration Professor Brenda Bond-Fortier on policing
“Kathleen C. Engel, an expert on mortgage fraud at Suffolk University’s law school, said that, in order to prove fraud, prosecutors would need to establish that [Federal Reserve Governor Lisa] Cook misled her lender about her intended use of the property. ‘The fraud allegation is dramatically weakened by the evidence that this was [a secondary home] on her application,’ Ms. Engel said. ‘She was candid about how she was using the property.’ “She added: ‘It actually rebuts any inference that she engaged in fraud.’”
Suffolk Law Professor Kathleen Engel on mortgage fraud
“Stephen Cody, a former prosecutor and criminal procedure professor at Suffolk University Law School, is among the legal experts to point out the Constitution applies to all residents of the US. That means that protections such as the right to remain silent or the right to ask to contact a lawyer apply to people whether someone has immigration status, or not. The Fourth Amendment —‘The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated . . .’— constrains law enforcement, said Cody.”
Suffolk Law Professor Stephen Cody on the Fourth Amendment
