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After Law School, I Had The Opportunity To Clerk For A Tremendous Judge, Leonard I. Garth, On The U.s. Court Of Appeals For The 3rd Circuit, The Court To Which I Was Appointed In 1990.

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.

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.

In Order To Have A Society In Which Public Issues Can Be Openly And Vigorously Debated, It Is Not Necessary To Allow The Brutalization Of Innocent Victims.

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.