The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel is reporting that despite his nomination being returned to President Obama, Louis Butler’s name will be resubmitted as the president’s nominee to fill a spot on the federal bench in Wisconsin’s Western District. President Obama is set to meet with union leaders in the next few days in order [...]
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Posted by AL on December 28, 2009, at 2:31 pm
Looks Like Even Though He was Voted out of the Senate Judicial Committe by a vote of 12-7…The Nomination of Louis Butler was Returned To President Obama! From The Very Right Wing…Point of Law Website Who Got Their Info From The Washington Post “In a flurry of mostly overlooked action, the Senate on December [...] Posted by Zach on November 5, 2009, at 5:56 am
Speaking at the Senate Judiciary Committee’s hearing on the Nomination of Justice Louis B. Butler, Jr. to be to be United States District Judge for the Western District of Wisconsin, Sen. Russ Feingold issued the following statement: “Louis Butler, a former justice on Wisconsin’s highest court, has been appointed by President Obama to serve [...] Posted by Zach on October 1, 2009, at 5:50 am
This is a good selection… Former Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Louis B. Butler was nominated by President Barack Obama Wednesday for a federal judgeship in the Western District of Wisconsin, according to a statement from the White House. Butler was the first African-American to serve on the Wisconsin Supreme Court. He was appointed in [...] Posted by Zach on June 8, 2009, at 4:45 pm
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel is reporting former Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Louis Butler is a finalist for a second federal judgeship. Last month, senators Herb Kohl and Russ Feingold recommended Butler and attorney William Conley to replace retiring U.S. District Judge John Shabaz, whose seat remains unfilled. Earlier today, a federal nominating commission recommended [...] Posted by Zach on April 2, 2008, at 5:35 pm
First of all, there’ll be no gnashing of teeth or whining here. Am I disappointed in how things turned out last night? Hell yes, but such is politics. Sometimes your side wins and sometimes they lose; that’s just the reality of our political system. While I’ve made no effort to hide my dislike for [...] Posted by Zach on March 31, 2008, at 8:48 pm
On the eve of Wisconsin’s spring election day, I’m going to make a few picks. Wisconsin Supreme Court: This is a no brainer. Michael Gableman has run one of the most disgustingly vile and dishonest campaigns in as long as I can remember, and in doing so he’s exposed himself as supremely unqualified and [...] Posted by Zach on March 21, 2008, at 6:10 am
The fallout from a wholly misleading and some say racist television ad by Michael Gableman continues, as one of the District Attorneys who endorsed Gableman’s campaign has withdrawn that endorsement. Read the letter: I am rescinding my endorsement of Judge Michael Gableman for Wisconsin Supreme Court. I endorsed him because he had been a [...] Posted by Zach on March 17, 2008, at 6:08 pm
I’ve made no secret of the fact that I intensely dislike State Supreme Court candidate Michael Gableman, and while my dislike is in part due to my ideological differences with Gableman, much of my dislike towards the man has to do with the stunning scope of his hypocritical and unethical behavior, both during the [...] Posted by Zach on March 8, 2008, at 8:12 am
Remember when Wisconsin Supreme Court candidate Michael Gableman said he’d run a clean campaign? I remember, and I also remember questioning whether Gableman could be trusted to abide by that pledge, given the fact that he hasn’t exactly proven himself to be a model of honest and ethical behavior. Well it turns out an [...] |
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