Samuel Alito
Samuel Alito
Samuel Anthony Alito, Jr.is an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. He was nominated by President George W. Bush and has served on the court since January 31, 2006...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionSupreme Court Justice
Date of Birth1 April 1950
CityTrenton, NJ
CountryUnited States of America
college political done
Part of me wanted to get a graduate degree in political science. Had I done that, I suppose I would have become a college professor.
college graduates lawyer
When I entered college, I thought that I wanted to be a lawyer, but by the time I was set to graduate, I was not too sure of that.
teacher hard-work college
My parents grew up in poor families where little English was spoken, they both went to college and became teachers. They believed that anything was possible with hard work, and they particularly stressed the importance of education. They instilled that same belief in my sister and me.
school college thinking
A generation earlier, I think that somebody from my background probably would not have felt fully comfortable at a college like Princeton. But, by the time I graduated from high school, things had changed.
smart college people
It was a time of turmoil at colleges and universities. And I saw some very smart people and very privileged people behaving irresponsibly. And I couldn't help making a contrast between some of the worst of what I saw on the campus and the good sense and the decency of the people back in my own community.
school college law
This was a time of great intellectual excitement for me. Both college and law school opened up new worlds of ideas.
mother father college
My mother is a first generation American. Her father worked in the Roebling Steel Mill in Trenton, New Jersey.And yet my mother became the first person in her family to get a college degree.
country college rights
Our country as a whole, no less than the Hastings College of Law, values tolerance, cooperation, learning, and the amicable resolution of conflicts. But we seek to achieve those goals through "[a] confident pluralism that conduces to civil peace and advances democratic consensus-building," not by abridging First Amendment rights.
apply hints previous standard
I need to apply the same standard that previous nominees have applied, and that's no hints and no previews. I can't opine on them here off the cuff.
case court issues legal none presented seems supreme
None of the legal issues presented by this case seems to warrant Supreme Court review.
achieve attorney case certainly client desirable judge outcome particular practicing preferred result role
The role of a practicing attorney is to achieve a desirable result for the client in the particular case at hand. But a judge can't think that way. A judge can't have any agenda, a judge can't have any preferred outcome in any particular case and a judge certainly doesn't have a client.
added issues ordinary
This is not an ordinary lawsuit, and the issues may consequently take on added significance.
attorney case deal expression great happened law point since time true views
The things that I said in the 1985 memo were a true expression of my views at the time from my vantage point as an attorney in the Solicitor General's office. But that was 20 years ago and a great deal has happened in the case law since then.
judge outcome particular preferred
A judge can't have any agenda. A judge can't have a preferred outcome in any particular case.