Interesting how knowledge of Latin seems to be a 'journalistic' indication of qualification to be a U.S. Supreme Court Judge ... the passing incipit of an AP wire piece (via Yahoo) making the rounds:

Samuel Alito's ninth-grade Latin teacher still swoons at how beautifully he conjugated verbs. A fellow judge admires him as someone who won't use five words when two will do.

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"I remember right where he sat: first row, second seat," says 91-year-old Grace Bolge, who taught him Latin at Reynolds Junior High in Hamilton Township outside Trenton. Alito easily nailed the nuances of verbs and the subtleties of proper translation, but never held himself out as better than the others, she recalls.

Further poking around finds this from the Washington Times:

Judge Samuel Anthony Alito Jr., the son of two public-school teachers and prominent members of the Italian community surrounding nearby Trenton, was never the sort to draw attention to himself, unless it was praise for his perfect grades in school.
"He was painstakingly perfect," says Grace Bolge, who taught the Supreme Court nominee Latin in ninth grade and has long been a friend of his mother, still a resident of this quiet township 50 miles south of New York City.
"He was a wonderful student," she said. "However, I have to say this he was never a rah-rah cheerleading type of student. If anything, you could call him humble. He could have shown off because the kids knew he was bright, but he was not an attention-grabbing person at all."

So kiddies ... do well in Latin and maybe thirty or forty years from now one of the Ginnies, Mme, DD, or any of a zillion others will be out stumping for your candidacy!