Alito speaks on the Phillies and decision to leave the cert. pool
Tony Mauro has this report on Law.com discussing his recent interview with Justice Alito. He writes:
. . . Moving to Supreme Court-related subjects, Alito was asked about his decision last summer to jump out of the “cert pool,” the pooling arrangement whereby law clerks summarize incoming certiorari petitions not just for their own justice but for all the other justices in the pool. Critics say it gives individual law clerks too much power over the Court’s docket.
“I just wanted to see what it would be like,” said Alito, dismissing the theories that were advanced to explain his move. “I wanted to simulate it in my own chambers, but it never worked. So I decided to give it a try.” How has it gone so far? “I’m very pleased,” he said . . .