Althouse (Free subscription) | 11/21/2009
There's been some discussion here in Madison, Wisconsin, where former Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Louis Butler is a visiting professor at the law school, about whether that headline, on a Wall Street Journal editorial , is racist. The editors begin: As consolation prizes go, Louis Butler can't complain. After being twice rejected by Wisconsin voters for a place on the...
Mac Beach (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
As consolation prizes go, Louis Butler can't complain. After being twice rejected by Wisconsin voters for a place on the state Supreme Court, the former judge has instead been nominated by President Obama to a lifetime seat on the federal district court. If he is confirmed, Wisconsin voters will have years to contend with the decisions of a judge they made clear they would rather live...
How Appealing (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
"Butler faces pointed queries at confirmation hearing": Today's edition of The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel contains an article that begins, "Judge Louis Butler was ready with a quip at his judicial confirmation hearing Wednesday when a Republican senator asked him about...
Althouse (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
Stream the video now. Our colleague Justice Butler is nominated for the federal district court here in the Western District of Wisconsin.
Power Line (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
I'm past being surprised by the leftism of anyone President Obama nominates to any office, but it's still worth flagging his more egregious selections. In this spirit, I call your attention to Ed Whelan's post about Obama's nomination of former Wisconsin supreme court justice Louis B. Butler Jr. to a district judgeship in the Western District of Wisconsin. John Fund chronicled Butler's...
JSOnline (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
If confirmed by the Senate, Louis Butler would replace U.S. District Judge John Shabaz in Wisconsin's Western District. But the top Republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee suggested that Butler's nomination may not go as smoothly as Democrats would like.
Baltimore Reporter (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
The Wisconsin Supreme Court certainly bent the rule of law over the past four years, as a 4-3 liberal majority became the nation’s premier trailblazer in overturning its own precedents and abandoning deference to the legislature’s policy choices. Thus the defeat of Justice Louis Butler at the hands of Burnett County Judge Michael Gableman has national implications. A recent study in the...
HolyCoast.com (Free subscription) | 11/21/2009
Because presidents get to appoint federal judges to lifetime positions : As consolation prizes go, Louis Butler can't complain. After being twice rejected by Wisconsin voters for a place on the state Supreme Court, the former judge has instead been nominated by President Obama to a lifetime seat on the federal district court. If he is confirmed, Wisconsin voters will have years to contend...
Stepping Right Up! (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
I do not understand it. Voters have rejected Loophole Louie twice now. Even though the voters have made it pretty clear they do not want Louis Butler sitting in a judicial seat, twice now, the Democrats in charge have overridden the will of the people and placed Loophole Louie into a judicial seat anyway.Wall Street JournalAs consolation prizes go, Louis Butler can't complain....
The Political Environment (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
Their snotty editorial about Louis Butler underscores why no takes that part of the paper seriously.
The Lonely Conservative (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
If at first you don’t succeed. If twice you don’t succeed at the polls, get yourself appointed! From The Wall Street Journal: As consolation prizes go, Louis Butler can’t complain. After being twice rejected by Wisconsin voters for a place on the state Supreme Court, the former judge has instead been nominated by President Obama to a [...]
Rock Netroots (Free subscription) | 11/14/2009
Audio text excerpt from Gableman's misleading campaign ad against Justice Louis Butler is as follows: Gableman Decision Excerpt : ...Louis Butler worked to put criminals on the street. Like Reuben Lee Mitchell, who raped an 11-year-old girl with learning disabilities. Butler found a loophole. Mitchell went on to molest another child. JS Online Excerpt : Deininger...
Althouse (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
Said former Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Louis Butler , testifying before the Senate Judiciary Committee yesterday, in a hearing on his nomination to the federal district court here in the Western District of Wisconsin. He is, in what has become typical confirmation hearing ritual, asserting his faithfulness to the law and attempting to quell charges of judicial activism. But isn't...
New York Supreme Court Criminal Ter (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
... The Senate Judiciary Committee also heard from four nominees for federal judgeships, including Louis Butler Jr., a former Wisconsin Supreme Court justice who drew nationwide attention when his 2008 opponent ran a TV ad involving a sex offender". Boston U.S. Attorney's Office settles health care fraud suit for $112M "The thriving health care fraud unit at the U.S. Attorney's...
South Dakota Politics (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
... Sykes stepped down to join a federal appeals court. Democratic Gov. Jim Doyle replaced her with [Louis] Butler, a former Milwaukee judge and public defender who had lost to Ms. Sykes by a 2-1 margin in a nonpartisan race in 2000. Justice Butler soon wrote the infamous decision in Thomas v. Mallet , which created a guilty-until-proven-innocent approach to product liability....
