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  • Justice Kennedy Says Morale Low Over Pay

    02/14/2007 9:51:40 AM PST · by SmithL · 91 replies · 1,809+ views
    AP via SFGate ^ | 2/14/7 | MARK SHERMAN
    Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy told senators Wednesday that Congress has neglected judicial pay, harming morale among judges and threatening to undermine judicial independence. The current salary level for judges "is insufficient to attract the finest members" of the legal profession to accept appointments to the bench, Kennedy said during a hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee. Kennedy picked up on an issue that Chief Justice John Roberts recently called a "constitutional crisis."