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'''Pierce Butler''' (1866-1939) was an Associate Justice of the [[U.S. Supreme Court]].  Appointed by conservative President [[Warren G. Harding]], Butler served on the U.S. Supreme Court from 1923 to 1939.  He was a conservative Democrat picked by a Republican, and was opposed by liberals at the time.  He became one of the finest Supreme Court Justices ever, notable for dissenting from two of the biggest mistakes of his era: ''Olmstead'' (allowing wiretapping without a warrant), and ''Buck v. Bell'' (allowing forced sterilization).

'''Pierce Butler''' (1866-1939) was an Associate Justice of the [[U.S. Supreme Court]].  Appointed by conservative President [[Warren G. Harding]], Butler served on the U.S. Supreme Court from 1923 to 1939.  He was a conservative Democrat picked by a Republican, and was opposed by liberals at the time.  He became one of the finest Supreme Court Justices ever, notable for dissenting from two of the biggest mistakes of his era: ''Olmstead'' (allowing wiretapping without a warrant), and ''Buck v. Bell'' (allowing forced sterilization).

Butler became one of the so-called "Four Horsemen" who repeatedly invalidated portions of President Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal. The unwillingness of Justice Butler and the others to capitulate to the President's desires led Roosevelt in 1937 to propose his ill-fated plan to pack the Court with additional justices sympathetic to his agenda. He never fully recovered from the intensively negative reaction of both parties in rejecting his scheme.{{fact}}

Butler became one of the so-called "Four Horsemen" who repeatedly invalidated portions of President Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal. The unwillingness of Justice Butler and the others to capitulate to the President's desires led Roosevelt in 1937 to propose his ill-fated plan to pack the Court with additional justices sympathetic to his agenda. FDR never fully recovered from the intensively negative reaction of both parties in rejecting his scheme.

Perhaps intimidated, several of the Four Horsemen soon retired, enabling President Roosevelt to replace them and attain the judicial majority he sought. But Butler did not give his seat to President Roosevelt voluntarily: Butler served until his death in 1939.

Perhaps intimidated, several of the Four Horsemen soon retired, enabling President Roosevelt to replace them and attain the judicial majority he sought. But Butler did not give his seat to President Roosevelt voluntarily: Butler served until his death in 1939.