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In Southern Italy, Where My Grandparents Had Lived, There Were Few Opportunities. The Society Was Static, With Rigid Social Classes. Poor People, Like My Grandparents, Had Little Chance To Improve Their Lives, No Matter Their Talents Or Willingness To Work.

In An Era Where The White House Is Abusing Power, Is Excusing And Authorizing Torture And Is Spying On American Citizens, I Find Judge [samuel] Alito's Support For An All-powerful Executive Branch To Be Genuinely Troubling.

My Father Was Brought To This Country As An Infant. He Lost His Mother As A Teenager. He Grew Up In Poverty.although He Graduated At The Top Of His High School Class, He Had No Money For College. And He Was Set To Work In A Factory But, At The Last Minute, A Kind Person In The Trenton Area Arranged For Him To Receive A $50 Scholarship And That Was Enough In Those Days For Him To Pay The Tuition At A Local College And Buy One Used Suit. And That Made The Difference Between His Working In A Factory And Going To College.

I Want To Commend The [federalist] Society For Bringing Together The Best Minds From Right, Left, And Center To Debate The Most Pressing Legal Issues Of The Day.

The First Amendment, I Think, Is The Jewel Of Our Constitution.