Bench Memos

Scalia on Judicial Pay

Is it really true, as the AP reports Justice Scalia as saying, that it is impossible to live in New York City and “raise a family” on a mere $165,200—the current salary of a federal district court judge? Or is it just that it seems so, when compared to what attorneys can make who might be under consideration for a judgeship?

Matthew J. Franck is retired from Princeton University, where he was a lecturer in Politics and associate director of the James Madison Program in American Ideals and Institutions. He is also a senior fellow of the Witherspoon Institute, a contributing editor of Public Discourse, and professor emeritus of political science at Radford University.
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