Wisconsin law library to be named after Justice Prosser

(AP) — When Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice David Prosser retires from the court at the end of July, he'll leave behind a legacy of 18 years on the court, heated exchanges with liberal-leaning justices and, now, a library.

Prosser has been widely regarded as part of the officially nonpartisan court's conservative-leaning majority and has been involved in heated exchanges with liberal-leaning justices Shirley Abrahamson and Ann Walsh Bradley in recent years.

In 2011, Prosser placed his hands around Bradley's throat during an argument over an opinion upholding Republican Gov. Scott Walker's law curbing collective bargaining rights for public workers.