He's definitely a genius in terms of his intellectual capacities. It's awesome, it's really mind-boggling. |
I had recruited him to be my deputy. Sam had impressed me as an extraordinarily gifted lawyer. He was careful and rigorous. He didn't come across as an open and obvious conservative activist, like me, for example. |
I just remember being stunned. We all looked at each other and thought, 'What good are we to this man?'? |
If you study that case, what you find is a judge doing his level best to discern the rule of law. |
It is a matter of enormous pride to see two of our colleagues become Supreme Court justices. The Reagan administration was very deliberate in trying to promote bright, ambitious young conservatives. And this is in many respects the fulfillment of that effort. |
We were there to reverse course from the policies of the Carter administration, certainly. Everybody was there with similar goals and intentions. |