[cinives]

Since the democrats are the "party of the little people" and just coincidentally have a higher per capita income than conservatives, I'd have to say that liberals/socialists are at least as motivated by money as conservatives.

[kerryusama04]

I thought I covered this already, but judges can't really invest anywhere. Once they get in, they are pretty much tied to the gubament for their compensation until they leave. As I recall, Roberts left a multi-million dollar job to become Chief Justice. That's gotta leave a mark in the man-hood. Keeping their salaries low (and yes, $200K is low for the job these folks do), will only serve to keep good judges out of the public sector until they feel they have made enough scratch to hold them over for the rest of their lives. I am certain that we have lost out on some pretty good judges because of this.