Why has Congress limited the growth of judicial salaries, and what are some of the dangers of this policy?
What will be an ideal response?
One major reason Congress has limited judicial salaries is that for a long time, judicial and legislative salaries were linked. Members did not want to raise their own salaries since this might be politically unpopular, so they did not raise judicial salaries either. They also may not want to raise judges’ salaries because of budgetary problems. One danger of this policy is that talented individuals may not seek federal judgeships because they can make so much more money outside of the government.
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