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.
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.
I Know That Some Poor Immigrants From That Era Had Unrealistic Expectations And Were Disappointed, But I Don't Think My Grandparents Were Disappointed At All, Even Though They Experienced Some Very Hard Times During The Great Depression.
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.
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.
A Corporation Is Simply A Form Of Organization Used By Human Beings To Achieve Desired Ends... Protecting The Free-exercise Rights Of Corporations Like Hobby Lobby, Conestoga, And Mardel Protects The Religious Liberty Of The Humans Who Own And Control Those Companies.
I've Learned A Lot During My Years On The 3rd Circuit, Particularly, I Think, About The Way In Which A Judge Should Go About The Work Of Judging. I've Learned By Doing, By Sitting On All Of These Cases. And I Think I've Also Learned From The Examples Of Some Really Remarkable Colleagues.
All Of My Grandparents Came To The United States From Italy During The Early Years Of The 20th Century. I Believe That My Grandparents Came Here To Take Advantage Of The Opportunities Furnished By A Growing Country With An Open Society.
As I Mentioned, Things Were Particularly Hard During The Depression. My Paternal Grandfather Was Frequently Out Of Work, And The Family Was Evicted From Their Home.
