Nominee's Early Files Show Many Cautions for Top Officials, Including Reagan

By TODD S. PURDUM and JOHN M. BRODER
Published: August 19, 2005

WASHINGTON, Aug. 18 - As a young lawyer in the Reagan White House, it was John G. Roberts Jr. who often found himself urging caution on his elders - including the president himself - in an effort to shield them from not only legal errors but also political blunders and public relations missteps, great and small.