Archives & History Committee Interview of Judge Charles Randy Butler, Jr. on Aug [24:32-29:32]

So there were 10 of us throughout the country, the lawyer made a few state judgements that were nominated to the federal bench. And the Democrats confirmed the Senate where your chairman was a Democrat at the time and how definitely was a Democrat at the time? Well, so immediately they were looking probably because the Democrats in Movede-O and all over the country we did not want 10 Reagan nominees to get through that low particularly since Michael DeCoccus came out of the Democratic Convention of the United in May with a 14-point over George H. W. Bush and so the local Democrats in Movede-O many of their lawyers and others decided well, we're going to stop for any college nomination and it's cracked but we want a accomplished immigrant lawyer you know what's going to be the next federal judge and Hethwood who had was made a call when Jack was nominated several years before Hethwood did not support here voted against her and he was removed from holding voting Democratic Senator in the Senate at the time so he had a lot of Republican money from Movede-O in this area as well as Democratic money and so my nomination came up and it was trying to be pointed of having got a lot of pressure and he pulled it for and so that 10 of us were confirmed on October 14, 88 when I was sworn in that he would play with right so did you have an opportunity to make a friend of Rayman? No, in first of he had a habit not because he made but he was going to call me and telling I would be considered so I knew the call was coming like 2.30 a month and then I'm sitting in my office from a 54 and look at it so my secretary in the hall she probably 20 thing away but she's been there trying to busy and out of their office and that's 2.20 and 2.1 and it's 1.2 and it's 2.30 she picks up the phone in terms of which it really goes like 3.30 but right so and so my phone rings or whatever when I pick it up when I say hello with the woman's voice and she says Mr. Butler can you hold the president and I said look when it didn't back and I'll hold it back with it so I caught him and this wonderful voice and don't lie and it was above Mr. Butler so I was surprised and very you know, I greatly back around and I was thinking to him over here and of course it's good things about you and like the mom and you just the judgeship and I said Mr. Butler I really appreciate that and he said well, I wish you all the same thing to the judiciary and because we get ready to retire I'll say I'll go out all the time so I wish you made to the best I love you at the time and that's it well very normal very normal yeah so you know we've all seen the late the confirmation process of particularly the United States framework how was that process for you well, that was pretty rude to think about what the Democrats did they won't be well, I don't made names because I'm a some lawyer some alive and maybe I'm still alive who did everything they could to dig up I'm married in my years was just a return because we had a home which is in all shades and back and you know, type and they would take someone something out of the case and in addition to the local resistance Senator Leahy was on the judiciary and they had a stacker who actually drove me insane he would call me every couple of days and Mr. Bono let me ask you about this but it's such an such a case you know and they have been 17 years earlier they let the office do their by why your job where the cargo тора 2 issued and March could be very stressful but about