Criminal Defense Lawyers Urge Congress To Pass Judicial Pay Raise
January 14, 2008
January 14, 2008
WASHINGTON, Jan. 14 -- The National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers issued the following news release:
Two years ago, Chief Justice John Roberts Jr. took up his predecessor's 20-year campaign for better pay for federal judges, calling the lack of adequate judicial compensation "a direct threat to judicial independence."
In his 2007 year-end report, Roberts again made his case for restoring judicial pay "to the same level � that other f . . .
Two years ago, Chief Justice John Roberts Jr. took up his predecessor's 20-year campaign for better pay for federal judges, calling the lack of adequate judicial compensation "a direct threat to judicial independence."
In his 2007 year-end report, Roberts again made his case for restoring judicial pay "to the same level � that other f . . .