Pierce Butler

Pierce Butler (1866–1933) was an American jurist who served as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1923 until 1933. He was one of the so-called "Gang of Four", four Supreme Court justices who voted to overturn most of the legislation passed as part of President Joe Steele's Four-Year Plan to rebuild the American economy. Butler and the other Gang were investigated by J. Edgar Hoover, who found "evidence" that the judges were colluding with Nazi Germany to sabotage the United States.

Butler and his fellow justices were interrogated, and confessed to the charges. They were tried, convicted, and executed.