Penn Carey Law professor Cara McClellan, the director of the school's Advocacy for Racial and Civil Justice Clinic, said that overturning 40 years of precedent is a “concerning” and “unusual” thing for the Supreme Court to do. How Penn may be impacted by the Supreme Court's ruling In response to an interview request, Penn Carey law students and co-advocacy chairs of the Black Law Students Association Ty Parks and Devontae Torriente directed the DP to an opinion piece in The Philadelphia Inquirer where they wrote that overturning affirmative action could undermine previous rulings that helped "level the playing fields" for Black students and “fundamentally reshape the landscape of higher education." “I think it would complete what's been a project for a while, which is turning the Equal Protection Clause from a constitutional provision that prevents the government from inflicting inequality to one that prevents the government from promoting equality,” Roosevelt said. University of Pennsylvania Carey Law professor Kermit Roosevelt said that the current case is “absurd" given this precedent. The current legal precedent has upheld the rights of schools to consider race as a contributing factor to admissions in higher education. The two cases being heard by the court were petitioned by SFFA, an organization that aims to advance a “colorblind” college application process that, historically, has been seen in conflict with the 14th Amendment, which guarantees equal protection under the law. “It is also essential to preparing Penn graduates to lead in our pluralistic world.” “We have long been committed to providing the transformative opportunity of a Penn education to the broadest range of talented individuals, and a student body that reflects the diversity of our broader society creates a rich and dynamic educational experience,” Magill wrote.
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