Chief Justice Roberts 8-Page Salary Memo: Judicial Pay A "Constitutional Crisis"...
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Pay for federal judges is so inadequate that it threatens to undermine the judiciary's independence, Chief Justice John Roberts says in a year-end report critical of Congress.
Roberts said the judiciary will not properly serve its constitutional role if it is restricted to people so wealthy that they can afford to be indifferent to the level of judicial compensation, or to people for whom the judicial salary represents a pay increase.
Associated Press | January 1, 2007 11:32 PM