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Louis B. Butler, Jr.

Louis B. Butler, Jr.

U.S. District Judge, West. Dis. of Wisconsin
Nominated: September 30, 2009
ABA Rating: Unanimously Well Qualified
Committee Questionnaire
Hearing Date: November 4, 2009
Questions For The Record
Reported By Committee: Dec. 3, 2009

  • CAP Memo for The Movement on Butler - The nomination of Louis Butler is one of those rare instances constituting “extraordinary circumstances” where the U.S. Senate should reject this nominee as unqualified for a lifetime appointment. “Extraordinary circumstances” is the standard agreed to by the bipartisan Gang of 14 U.S. Senators in 2005 for opposing judicial nominations. Download a PDF of the Memo.
  • Look Out for “Loophole Louie” - "Most Americans have never heard of a Wisconsin judge named Louis Butler. A look at his liberal record, though, would show them why he's known as "Loophole Louie" - and why Wisconsin voters have rejected him not once, but twice." Jack Park of Heritage Foundation.
  • Nominee Alert re Butler from Americans for Limited Government - ALG: Butler "demonstrates a lack of respect for the judiciary's proper role." PDF.
  • Senate Conservative Set Sights to Defeat Butler - Wa Times - "Congressional conservatives who picked and lost a fight over a contentious circuit court judge selected by President Obama have set their sights on two lower-court nominees [Butler and Chen] they say could put political pressure on moderate Democrats."
  • Liberty Counsel to Senators: Vote Against Unethical Butler - Mathew D. Staver, Chairman of Liberty Counsel: It is often said that “the true character of a man is revealed by what he does when no one is watching.” Despite what Butler said in the public hearing of the Judiciary Committee, when Judge Butler thought no one was watching, he unethically accepted campaign contributions from attorneys who practiced before him, he refused to rule according to the Constitution of the United States and the Constitution of Wisconsin, and he refused to follow precedent, instead relying on his background and personal beliefs. To prevent such a judge from ever being confirmed is the very purpose of the “advice and consent” process and the duty of the Senators of this great Nation.