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"For me, it's always been taking the facts of the case and applying them to the law."

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. Full Article at Althouse

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  1. The job of a judge is to apply the law... The judge applies the law to the facts before that judge.
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