[BruceS]

Sorry, no one can do that. Article III, Section 1 of the Constitution states judges "shall, at stated times, receive for their services, a compensation, which shall not be diminished during their continuance in office."

You can only impeach a justice/judge that has been nominated by the President and confirmed by the Senate. You can't fire them or reduce their salary.

Now an administrative judge can be fired for almost any reason, so why try the reduction in salary?

[bIlluminati]

You can only impeach a justice/judge that has been nominated by the President and confirmed by the Senate. You can’t fire them or reduce their salary.

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1. Congress could add justices to the U.S. Supreme Court. FDR threatened to stack the Court back in the 1930s. He didn’t only because the Supreme Court caved on Socialist Security.

2. Congress can reduce the number of judges and eliminate circuits entirely, or add new circuits. So that the current Ninth Circuit might have jurisdiction only for the north end of China Lake while three new circuits have jurisdiction over the rest of the West Coast.