Thursday, January 19, 2006

Alito on Princeton Vietnam Protests Since I know some of you rely on me to provide you all things Princeton/Alito, read Kid Oakland's deconstruction of the Supreme Court nominee's remarks about our alma mater during his opening statement to the Senate Judiciary Committee. Alito said: [I was an undergraduate at Princeton] in the late 1960s and early 1970s. It was a time of turmoil at colleges and universities. And I saw some very smart people and very privileged people behaving irresponsibly. And I couldn't help making a contrast between some of the worst of what I saw on the campus and the good sense and the decency of the people back in my own community. I attended Princeton the same time as Alito and did not witness irresponsibility but instead experienced vigorous, open debate among students and faculty, inspired oration, thoughtful, effective anti-war protest and real-world, real-time intellectual engagement at a level far beyond the classroom. I learned more about history/politics/government/law in the tumultuous spring protests of 1970 than I did in the remainder of my four years. -RH 7:16:13 AM    comment []

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