Tuesday,
December 30, 2008
Justice Samuel Alito Jr Criticizies
"The Sopranos" for Negative Italian American Stereotypes
The
ANNOTICO Report
Bravo
to US Supreme Court Justice
Samuel Alito Jr, who in an address to
On
the other hand, Justice Antonin Scalia saw No "Toxicity"
in The Sopranos, and even lobbied against NIAF objecting to NYC Mayor Bloomberg
invitee from extending an invitation to cast members of The
Sopranos for the Manhattan Columbus Day Parade of 2002.
Nevertheless,
The Columbus Citizens Foundation revoked Mayor Bloomberg
Justice
Alito on
Thursday, February 14, 2008
During
a visit to
"You
have a trifecta gangsters,
Italian-Americans,
Alito
lived for nearly two decades in a West Caldwell home in the same area of
"He
wanted me to put down where my house was on the map," Alito said to
laughs.
Alito
He
said the real story of Italian people who came here, some succeeding and some
failing and going back to
The
57-year-old Alito was born in
Last
year, Alito and his wife moved from West Caldwell to northern
Alito
said he was glad journalists scrutinized his family history during his
confirmation, giving him a free genealogy.
He
marveled how his father and grandmother arrived in the
"The
contrast of what I was doing there and what they looked like disembarking to
prominent Philadelphians is very striking to me," Alito said.
Since
taking his seat on the court in January 2006, Alito has generally sided with
other conservative members of the court, including his fellow
During
the talk, Alito did not discuss legal issues or any of the cases the court has
confronted during his tenure.
His
appearance came on the heels of a controversial interview by Scalia that aired
Tuesday on the British Broadcasting Corp. during which Scalia discussed harsh
Scalia
said aggressive interrogation techniques could be appropriate if authorities
needed to quickly learn where a bomb set to explode was located or discover the
location or plans of a terrorist group.
"It
seems to me you have to say, as unlikely as that is, it would be absurd to say
you couldn