Did Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito reference Elizabeth Warren’s Cherokee heritage claims this week?
It sure sounded that way Monday as the court wrestled with “race conscious” admissions policies at Harvard University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Alito, a member of the conservative wing of the court, pushed North Carolina Solicitor General Ryan Park about the controversial matter — without ever name-dropping the Massachusetts senator and onetime presidential candidate.
Alito asked what would stop a student from using family “lore” as a reason to claim minority status.
“It’s family lore that we have an ancestor who was an American Indian,” Alito stated during oral arguments.
Park responded it would not be fair for an applicant to make such a claim.
“I identify as an American Indian because I’ve always been told that some ancestor back in the old days was an American Indian,” Alito then stated.
Park admitted the student, in that hypothetical case, wouldn’t be truthful.
Alito appeared to be referring to Warren and her oft-criticized claims of Native American lineage, as first reported in the Herald.
Warren’s office did not respond to a Herald request for comment on Alito’s line of questioning. She did, however, comment of the MBTA general manager’s resignation as “long overdue.”
The story of Warren’s handling of her family lore of belonging to the Cherokee Nation became public when she was in the midst of a U.S. Senate race. In April of 2012, the Herald reported that Warren’s Native American lineage was once touted by Harvard Law School officials who cited her claim as proof of their faculty’s diversity. She was in the midst of a successful campaign for U.S. Senate against Scott Brown.
The same month, the Herald reported Warren was touting her claim of Cherokee heritage as early as 1984, according to a cookbook titled “Pow Wow Chow” edited by her cousin that includes Warren’s recipes for a savory crab omelet and spicy barbecued beans. Warren is identified as “Elizabeth Warren, Cherokee” under each of five recipes.
In October of 2018, Warren released results of a DNA test that shows she likely had a Native American ancestor six to 10 generations back, meaning she’s about 1/64th to 1/1,024th Indian. The Cherokee Nation disapproves of the test. She also posts a video on YouTube defending her heritage.
In the winter of 2019, Warren calls Bill John Baker, principal chief of the Cherokee Nation, to apologize for taking the test.
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Horrible people swarm together. They clot like pond scum. Warren is one of those. The only people she hurt are American Indians.
She’s like a crab, in a bucket filled with other crabs!
She is a Teuton! No question about it.
Sen. Warren is a poor joke, a comedy act, playing out on the US Senate floor.
It is because the people of Massachusetts are foolish enough to vote for this woman in the name of diversity, that we, the sensible segment of Americans must elect Republicans for the Senate. That will dilute her voice.
Same in the House of Representatives
Congress is the epicenter of pathological liars, but the greatest weight of the prevaricators seems to be with the Democrats, Warren, Swallwell, Pelosi, Schiff, Watters, Schumer, the Squad, etc. Why anyone would believe anything claimed by this crowd after years of numbing misinformation defies logic.
I’ve often wondered. IS it because they are great liars, they get INTO congress?
OR is it because they are in congress, they become great liars?
In Lizzie’s case, the answer is yes! She is a member of the Wannabee band of Cherokee.
Lizzie, I’ve missed laughing at you!!
Question: If an Ivy League University admits a student who has fraudulently documented their background to gain an edge in selection, has there ever been a school with a policy to either rescind the degree, or invoice for the difference in tuition if any (e.g., scholarship) enjoyed by the fraudulent student?
As a graduate of an engineering school, I had the common nightmare for years that somehow I forgot to take a certain class, (usually an 0800 one), and in my dream years after graduation the University contacted me to say they would invalidate my degree… I’ve known architecture, law school, medical school grads that have had that same nightmare.
If I knew I have lied by falsifying my income level, ethnicity, or GPA to get into a given college, I don’t think I would handle that well. I guess sociopaths don’t have that same kind of ethical makeup—and thus sleep like babies and continue the lie.
OR criminally charge him or her with fraud!