Keith Butler on Government Reform

Supports tort reform and medical liability reform

We live in the most litigious society in the world. Ironically, this is making us less free than we used to be. We need commonsense legal reform that includes tort reform and medical liability reform. We need to dramatically reduce the number of fraudulent and frivolous lawsuits in this country. Source: Campaign website, butlerforussenate.com, "Issues" Jun 24, 2006

Against Judges who legislate from the bench

Most importantly we need more Judges on the bench who interpret the law as written, not Judges who legislate from the bench. Source: Campaign website, butlerforussenate.com, "Issues" Jun 24, 2006

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