FIFTY-TWO WORDS MY HUSBAND TAUGHT ME Love, Inspiration and the Constitution

Joy Rodino

ISBN 10: 0615259383 / ISBN 13: 9780615259383

Published by DRJ Publishing, 2009

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: FIFTY-TWO WORDS MY HUSBAND TAUGHT ME Love, Inspiration and the Constitution
• Publisher: DRJ Publishing
• Publication Date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0615259383
• ISBN 13: 9780615259383
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis

This uplifting memoir pays tribute to the inspiring legacy of Congressman Peter Rodino, and illuminates his passion for the brilliant vision of our Founding Fathers and the fifty-two words of the Preamble to the Constitution. For Peter Rodino, "We the People" was more than just the first few words of the Constitution, it was a way of life and a sacred duty.

Rising from his birth in a Newark, New Jersey tenement to Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, Congressman Rodino guided the United States through its most serious constitutional crisis to what many have hailed as the Constitution's finest hour -- the 1974 Nixon impeachment inquiry and the ultimate resignation of the President of the United States, affirming the supremacy of the rule of law. Widely acclaimed for his integrity and fairness then and throughout his long career as a champion of civil rights, immigration reform and public interest legislation, Congessman Rodino serves as a role model for all of us seeking to live a meaningful life and "secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity."

About the Author

Joy Rodino was married to Peter Rodino for the last sixteen years of his life. After graduating from Smith College in 1963, Joy served as executive assistant in the Congressman's Washington, D.C. office. She later attended Northeastern University School of Law and pursued a career as a public interest attorney, investigating consumer protection violations for the Federal Trade Commission, prosecuting child abuse and neglect cases as an Assistant County Attorney in upstate New York, serving as a Law Guardian for abused and neglected children in New Jersey, and representing a New Jersey county welfare agency in child support hearings.

In 1987 a former colleague asked her to speak to the Congessman about a legislative issue, and their lives again converged. They were married in 1989, just as Peter was retiring from forty years of service in Congress and beginning his new career as Professor at Seton Hall University School of Law. Joy hopes that this book will inspire you as Peter inspired her.