Roberts on pay raises

[Scott Gerber]

I used the example I did b/c my students enjoyed it when I phrased it 
that way once.  I know plenty of non-Supreme Court judges who don't 
work hard (unfortunately).  Of course there are some who do, as Cruz 
points out.  I think my Marxist friend put it better than I did.
sdg


David Cruz wrote:


>
>It seems to me that the essay commits one egregiously fallacious move in
>picking out as an "example" the workload of the Supreme Court, the only
>federal court whose judges pretty much control their own workload, to
>illustrate the supposed fact that "federal judges ... don't work very
>hard."  I know well one judge who reads briefs on the way to the 
airport,
>while bathing, and even while flossing his teeth, which is not a symptom
>of his inefficiency but that he truly devotes his life to his service to
>the Republic.  I'd like to know whether there's any real empirical 
support
>for Gerber's claim, or if it's just a bad argument in an otherwise
>interesting essay.
>
>David B. Cruz
>Professor of Law
>University of Southern California Gould Law School
>Los Angeles, CA 90089-0071
>U.S.A.
>
>
>On Thu, 5 Jan 2006, Scott Gerber wrote:
>
>> Dear Colleagues:
>>
>> I thought the attached might be of interest.
>>
>>
>> 
http://jurist.law.pitt.edu/forumy/2006/01/chief-justice-roberts-and-misguided.php
>>
>> http://jurist.law.pitt.edu/index.php (then click on commentary link in
>> center of page)
>>
>> Happy New Year,
>> Scott
>>
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>>
>> Scott Gerber
>> Law College
>> Ohio Northern University
>> Ada, OH 45810
>> 419-772-2219
>> http://www.law.onu.edu/faculty/gerber/
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Scott Gerber
Law College
Ohio Northern University
Ada, OH 45810
419-772-2219
http://www.law.onu.edu/faculty/gerber/