I'm Not Any Kind Of A Bigot,

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.

I Had The Good Fortune To Begin My Legal Career As A Law Clerk For A Judge Who Really Epitomized Open-mindedness And Fairness. He Read The Record In Detail In Every Single Case That Came Before Me; He Insisted On Scrupulously Following Precedents.

I Can Still Remember The Day, As An Assistant U.s. Attorney, When I Stood Up In Court For The First Time And I Proudly Said, "my Name Is Samuel Alito And I Represent The United States In This Court." It Was A Great Honor For Me To Have The United States As My Client During All Of Those Years.

My Mother Worked For More Than A Decade Before Marrying. She Went To New York City To Get A Master's Degree. And She Continued To Work As A Teacher And A Principal Until She Was Forced To Retire.both She And My Father Instilled In My Sister And Me A Deep Love Of Learning.

When I Was Growing Up, We Always Had A Big Family Dinner At Around Noon On Sunday. I Still Love That Whenever It Is Possible To Gather The Family Together.