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It’s the same approach he uses to gear the team up for competition...
Still, some at Justice got the impression through informal conversations that Alito was more conservative than he let on, although he rarely talked directly about politics. And they admired his approach to the law. In a department in which even some Reagan disciples were worried that colleagues focused too much on ideology rather than legal reasoning to back their claims, Alito diligently researched every issue, wrote clearly and avoided ideological traps. "I was just very impressed by the disciplined nature of his mind," says Chuck Cooper, a Justice Department official at the time. "He could view a legal issue...
...Alito sometimes frustrated staff members by examining issues from all sides, sending attorneys back to rethink memos if he didn't think they had explored them all. In one often cited memo he wrote before he entered the legal counsel's office but that is emblematic of his scholarly approach, Alito argued that the Administration should not press the Supreme Court into throwing out a suit from the Black Panther Party that accused federal officials of conspiring against the group. Disagreeing with the Justice Department, the FBI and the CIA, he said none of the legal issues in the case?...
...Jersey state government, mainly in the office of legislative services, which is in charge of conducting research and writing legislation for state lawmakers. Alito's dad, who had occasionally let his son come to see his work at the statehouse, was widely admired for his nonpartisan approach. Although people knew he was a Republican, both parties trusted his judgment, putting him in charge of a redistricting project in the 1960s. He was also known for being strict, firing employees who violated the rules of the apolitical office by expressing their views of pending legislation. And like...
...colleagues at Harvard praise her instinctual approach to physics—many say she seems to know the answers beforehand and then attempts to prove them...