President Obama should get high marks from Wisconsinites for his decision to renominate former Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Louis Butler to serve as chief federal judge for the Western District of Wisconsin.
This is the third time that Obama has sent Butler?s name to the Senate, where Southern Republicans have used parliamentary maneuvers to block approval of a highly qualified African-American who would bring a wide range of legal and judicial experience, a demeanor that has been hailed by conservative and liberal jurists, and needed diversity to the bench.
….The veteran adjunct professor at Marquette University Law School and the current justice-in-residence at the University of Wisconsin Law School has skills so widely regarded that he has for many years been a faculty member of the National Judicial College, where he has provided education for judges from across the nation and around the world.