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2 days ago · Alito graduated from Steinert High School in Hamilton Township, New Jersey. He then earned an A.B. degree in history and political science from Princeton University in 1972, graduating with a military commission (as a second lieutenant) in the U.S. Army Reserve.
- Who Is Samuel Alito?
- Early Life and Education
- Legal Career
- From Judge to Supreme Court Justice
- Obamacare and Same-Sex Marriage Rulings
Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito attended Princeton University and Yale Law School before beginning a long career as an attorney. He worked for the Department of Justice and as a U.S. attorney for New Jersey before being selected to serve as a judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals in 1990. Sixteen years later he was nominated to become a Supreme Cou...
Samuel Anthony Alito Jr. was born in Trenton, New Jersey, on April 1, 1950, the son of Italian immigrants. His father was a teacher and director of the New Jersey Office of Legislative Services, his mother was a school principal and both were primary influences in his academic pursuits. Alito attended Steinert High School in the suburb of Trenton w...
Beginning in 1976, Alito worked as a law clerk for Judge Leonard I. Garth of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit before being hired as an assistant district attorney for the District of New Jersey. In this capacity, he prosecuted both drug trafficking and organized crime cases, which he felt particularly invested in, as he felt...
In 1990, George H. W. Bush chose Alito to serve as a judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. He spent 16 years on the court and during his tenure among the conservative minority, he frequently issued the dissenting opinion, including in Planned Parenthood v. Casey, in which he was the only judge to argue that a provision of a Penn...
During his time on the Supreme Court, Alito has tended to vote along conservative lines, only occasionally breaking away. In 2015, he stayed true to his record by issuing dissent in two landmark rulings. On June 25, he was one of three justices—along with Clarence Thomas and Antonin Scalia, who delivered a scathing dissenting opinion to the Court—t...
Alito was raised in Hamilton Township, New Jersey, and was educated at Princeton University and Yale Law School. After graduating from law school, he worked as an assistant attorney general for the Office of Legal Counsel and served as the U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey.
Justice Samuel A. Alito, Jr. joined the U.S. Supreme Court on January 31, 2006, replacing Justice Sandra Day O’Connor. Alito was born in New Jersey on April 1, 1950. All four of his grandparents immigrated from Italy, where his father was born.
After graduating from Princeton in 1972, Alito continued his Ivy League education at Yale Law School. While he attended, he was the editor of the Yale Law Journal. Alito graduated in 1975 and began clerking in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit under Judge Leonard Garth.
Jan 3, 2020 · Early Life and Education . Samuel Alito Jr. was born to Samuel Alito Sr. and Rose (Fradusco) Alito on April 1, 1950, in Trenton, New Jersey. His father was an Italian immigrant and his mother was Italian-American. Both of them worked as schoolteachers.
Supreme Court. Samuel Alito (2006-present) Recent Decisions by Justice Alito. Biographical Data. Birth, Residence, and Family. Born 1950 in Trenton, NJ. Education. Princeton University, A.B., 1972; Yale Law School, J.D., 1975. Law Clerkship. Law clerk, Hon. Leonard I. Garth, U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit, 1976-1977. Government Service.
