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America First Legal Warning Letter-UPenn
America First Legal Warning Letter-UPenn
Last week, the Supreme Court declared racial preferences illegal in higher
education. I write to inform you of the consequences that you and your
institution will face if you fail to comply with or attempt to circumvent the
Court’s ruling.
There are those within and outside your institution who will tell you that you
can develop an admissions scheme preserving your existing system of
discrimination against white men and Asians through pretext or proxy.
See, e.g., Stephanie Saul, With End of Affirmative Action, a Push for a New
Tool: Adversity Scores, New York Times (July 2, 2023), available at
nyti.ms/3Xy1eVL. Anyone telling you such a thing is coaching you to engage in
illegal conduct, lawbreaking in which you would be fully complicit and thus
As you may know, America First Legal is a charitable nonprofit and civil rights
organization that provides free legal services to victims of unlawful
discrimination. Please be advised that we will ensure that every faculty
member, staff member, student, and applicant for admission can communicate
with us about any efforts to use underhanded race, national origin, and sex
preferences. We will use any information obtained to ensure accountability by
representing the victims of these policies and by suing any medical school
practicing illegal discrimination.
Sincerely,
Stephen Miller
President
America First Legal