The allusion is in the sentence "...by taking a Jeffersonian approach to spending."
Atticus accounts him by the court to help Tom Robinson, a man who has been blamed of raping a woman, Mayella Ewell. Even though many of Maycomb's people disapprove, Atticus says yes to help Tom to the best of his ability.
Atticus is helping Tom Robinson because it's the correct thing to do and he knew he was telling the truth, Atticus is not harmful and like other people in his town.
The judge says yes to Atticus because he is the only one who would be saying yes to take his problems and failure, to the judge, is inevitable.
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There is often confusion on what good engineering managers and leaders should do. Engineering Management is sometimes conflated with architecture and code delivery, where communication, people and culture take a backseat. Engineering Management is NOT about architecture and implementation. While the engineering team proposes, influences and evolves the architecture of products that deliver to a Company's vision, the true ownership of the architecture and implementation lies with the Company. It delicately rests on the fabric of communication between the various functions within the Company such as Sales, Sales Engineering, Support, Services, Product, Operations and in some cases Education Services and Community Enablement. Engineers themselves are the implementers that bring it to life. And Engineering management is the ENABLER that helps bridge the thousand gaps between various teams and Engineering.