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These are public universities students cannot be punished for assembling in a voluntary association. these suspensions are PR driven by the University, they have the appearance of reality but no effective force unless the national fraternity falls in line.
Students are entitled to due process by a publicly funded university if the Univesity seeks to put sanctions on a constitutionally protected right such as free speech or freedom of association.
See the cases at Auburn involving Delta Sig and Beta, interem suspensions ordered for wearing blackface to a party got the University into trouble when attorneys got involved.
All of the above being said if hazing is truly present it might make better legal sense to lay low from a liability point of view.
What's silly is suspending the DG's I've never really seen any real hazing by an NPC Sorority.
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