They issue the claim, the judgement and the penalty. And there is nothing you can do about it.
Why? Because they *are* the law.
You can sue the university, and likely even win.
They literally are not the law, and that is why you can take them to court.
A kid living in a wealthy Boston suburb used AI for his essay (that much is not in doubt) and the family is now suing the district because the school objected and his chances of getting into a good finishing school have dropped.
On the other hand you have students attending abusive online universities who are flagged by their plagiarism detector and they wouldn't ever think of availing themselves of the law. US law is for the rich, the purpose of a system is what it does.
You don’t need to be rich to change the law. You do need to be determined, and most people don’t have or want to spend the time.
Literally none of that changes the fact that the Universities are not, themselves, the law.
But that they can be sued in a court of law is actually a very big deal; it is the defining thing that makes them not the law.
A reminder of what I was responding to: “They issue the claim, the judgement and the penalty. And there is nothing you can do about it. Why? Because they are the law.”
That is plainly untrue. There is something you can do about it. You can sue them, precisely because they are not the law.