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In An Era When America Is Still Too Divided By Race And By Riches, Judge [samuel] Alito Has Not Written One Single Opinion On The Merits In Favor Of A Person Of Color Alleging Race Discrimination On The Job: In 15 Years On The Bench, Not One.

My Father Enabled Me To Really Believe In Myself. And Yet I've Heard Very Similar Stories - From Many, Many People. It's The Way He Approached His Life. The Way He Approached His Life - He Was The Eternal Optimist. He Was The Most Optimistic Person That I've Ever Known. Even In The Face Of This Diagnosis With Cancer, He Was Filled With Optimism About What He Could Do And What He Could Accomplish.

We Were Taught Never To Give Up, Never To Passively Accept Fate, But To Exhaust Every Last Ounce Of Will And Hope In The Face Of Any Challenge.

If We Set The Precedent Of Limiting The First Amendment, In Order To Protect The Sensibilities Of Those Who Are Offended By Flag Burning, What Will We Say The Next Time Someone Is Offended By Some Other Minority View, Or By Some Other Person's Exercise Of The Freedom The Constitution Is Supposed To Protect?

I Believe That The Constitution Is Not Hostile To The Idea That National Problems Can Be Solved At The National Level Through The Cooperative Efforts Of The Three Coequal Branches Of Government, The Congress, The Executive And Courts. But Not Every President, Not Every Legislator And Not Every Judge Agrees That The Federal Government Has The Power To Address And To Try To Remedy The Twin National Problems Of Poverty And Access To Equal Opportunity.