Remarks and observations concerning American law and cultural studies as it relates to courses taken by students in the University of Osnabrück's and University of Münster's foreign law programs.
Matt LeMieux
15 January 2007
Judge's Pay In America
Recently the Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court said that the government was facing a constitutional crisis. Was he talking about attempts by the Bush Administration to increase the power of the Executive Branch? No. In fact he was talking about the wages received by federal court judges. In our Common Law Legal System class, I noted that many people who are appointed to courts in England and the United States actually take a rather large pay cut by becoming a judge. According to Chief Justice Roberts, this is taking a toll on the judicial branch of the U.S. government. There is an interesting commentary on the Law. com website on this topic that is worth checking out.