Roberts on pay raises

[Scott Gerber]

Thanks for the kind words, Bobby.  A Marxist friend of mine (yes, 
libertarians can be friends w/ Marxists) reacted in a similar fashion.  
He wrote:

"I agree totally, good article.  It is a public service to be a judge 
and that should be the primary reward.  They get great perks, an easy 
schedule,  and lots of clerks.  165k is not that bad!  The complaints 
suggest something deeper -- and more sinister -- namely that judges 
align themselves with law firms and compare themselves to law firm 
partners.  But why should they do that -- why not compare their salary 
to public interest lawyers and prosecutors?  It reveals a naked class 
bias."




RJLipkin at aol.com wrote:


>Thanks Scott. In my view,  the Chief Justice's request is unreasonable 
at 
>least with respect to the Supreme  Court, and shows how out of touch he 
is from 
>ordinary Americans like myself.  More evidence, in my view, how 
peculiar the 
>federal judiciary is in a republican  democracy.
> 
>Bobby
>
>Robert Justin Lipkin
>Professor of Law
>Widener  University School of Law
>Delaware
>

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Scott Gerber
Law College
Ohio Northern University
Ada, OH 45810
419-772-2219
http://www.law.onu.edu/faculty/gerber/