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  Samuel Alito is a United States Supreme Court Justice appointed by President George W. Bush in 2006. He is known for his conservative legal philosophy and his emphasis on interpreting the Constitution and laws as they were written. Justice Alito was born in Trenton, New Jersey in 1950. He received his undergraduate degree from Princeton University and his law degree from Yale Law School. After law school, he served as a law clerk for Third Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Leonard I. Garth. He then worked in private practice before joining the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of New Jersey, where he served as an Assistant U.S. Attorney. In 1985, President Ronald Reagan appointed Alito to the Third Circuit Court of Appeals, where he served for 15 years. During his time on the Third Circuit, he developed a reputation as a conservative jurist who was committed to interpreting the law as written and not legislating from the bench. In 2006, President George W. Bush nominated Alito...