Posted on 01/11/2006 7:22:46 AM PST by John Semmens
Chief Justice John Roberts urged Congress to increase judicial pay to help keep good judges on the bench and to recruit new ones.
“Our god-like power over mere mortals is insufficient motivation,” Roberts said. “We need more loot, too.”
Roberts warned Congress that if judges' pay is not raised, many may be forced into brigandage or beggary. Roberts said judges are leaving the bench in greater numbers than ever before. “The attractions of crime and government welfare are too alluring for too many judges,” he said. Roberts says he has seen several former judges standing on freeway ramps in the D.C. region begging for spare change.
“Those ‘will adjudicate for food’ signs they hold just break my heart,” Roberts said.
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not as funny as scrappleface, but not bad
Didn't he know what the job paid before he took it? Alito claimed not to know the salary during the hearings, yesterday. I'm sure they don't keep it a secret. :)
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