Samuel Alito in The Jersey Sting, by Sherman & Margolin

On Principles & Values: Former New Jersey U.S. Attorney (1987-1990)

In a state where law, politics, crime, and headlines create a powerful alchemy, there is no appointed post more powerful or sought after than the US Attorney. On top of everything else the position has going for it, US Attorney is one of only a tiny handful of jobs with statewide authority. NJ, because of its compact geography and its past as a small population bedroom for NY and Philadelphia, has only one Justice Department district. So the US Attorney is the undisputed top federal law enforcement official in the state. It is a perch from which many have graduated to lucrative legal practices and judgeships, including a spot on the US Supreme Court (Justice Samuel Alito is a former NJ US Attorney). And it's the place that revived Chris Christie's dead political career. Source: The Jersey Sting, by Sherman & Margolin, p.255 Apr 10, 2012

The above quotations are from The Jersey Sting Chris Christie and the Most Brazen Case of Jersey-Style Corruption--Ever by Ted Sherman & Josh Margolin. Click here for other excerpts from The Jersey Sting Chris Christie and the Most Brazen Case of Jersey-Style Corruption--Ever by Ted Sherman & Josh Margolin. Click here for other excerpts by Samuel Alito. Click here for other excerpts by other Governors.
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