(WBBM NEWSRADIO) -- The U.S. Supreme Court's decision on affirmative action has schools all over the country, including Northwestern, looking at their own admissions policies.
Northwestern says it was already examining how current practices might be adapted to what it called "potential disruptions" like the court ruling issued Thursday.
Not speaking for Northwestern, but weighing in as a Northwestern Law School professor is Ronald Allen, an expert on constitutional law.
"I believe to the depths of my soul that discrimination on the grounds of race is wrong all the way down, including the subtle ways, the hidden ways, and so on,” he said. "So maybe I favor this opinion for that reason."
But Professor Allen says there's a flip side to that because the issue is so complex.
"It's almost unthinkable that universities like Chicago or Northwestern will not be training the next generation of Black and Hispanic leaders in Chicago,” he said. "So, I think in a nutshell, that captures what we're dealing with here."
Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker called the High Court's decision a "travesty."
Chicago Congressman Danny Davis, D-Chicago, said the ruling is akin to “turning the clock back.”
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