Kent Greenfield

Kent Greenfield

An internationally-recognized scholar of constitutional law and corporate governance, Kent Greenfield is a professor and the Dean’s Distinguished Scholar at Boston College Law School. He is an active participant in litigation matters pertaining to civil rights and corporate accountability, and was founder and president of the Forum for Academic and Institutional Rights, the named plaintiff in a 2006 Supreme Court case that challenged the Pentagon’s anti-gay policies. He recently coordinated a bipartisan letter, for the American Constitution Society. signed by more than 1,000 law scholars from around the country decrying President Trump’s slew of illegal executive orders and actions.

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April 25, 2025

A Constitutional Crisis, Due Process, & the Rule of Law

What is a constitutional crisis? For some, a constitutional crisis is when the president defies the Supreme Court, for others it is when a president simply defies a federal judge’s order. Under...