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Attorney General Advocates Pay Raise for Federal Judges
January 18, 2007 — Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales said he thinks federal judges should receive a pay raise. His comments about judges' pay were among those made in a January 17, 2007, speech about the federal judiciary.
According to the speech text, Gonzales said, "I believe that judicial independence also would be strengthened if judges were paid more. I'm not going to argue that federal judges are not earning a livable wage. And I'm not going to argue that the government can or should match dollar-for-dollar the potential private-sector salaries these dedicated men and women could make.
"But there should be some meaningful effort to increase salaries to allow the judiciary to attract and retain the best legal minds – lawyers who could find far more lucrative ways to ply their trade," he said.
Gonzales said that he has talked with "too many potential judicial nominees" who declined federal judgeships because they felt they could not afford to serve. "I hope the Congress will consider enacting a meaningful pay raise for judges, so that future candidates for judicial office will not be faced with that choice, and so that judicial independence will be strengthened," he said.
The attorney general quoted Chief Justice John Roberts' 2006 year-end report, in which the chief justice said, "If judicial appointment ceases to be the capstone of a distinguished career and instead becomes a stepping stone to a lucrative position in private practice, the framers' goal of a truly independent judiciary will be placed in serious jeopardy."
Chapter thirteen is common for individuals with regular income
Chapter 13 is designed for individuals with regular income who are temporarily unable to pay their debts but would like to pay them in installments over a period of time. You are only eligible for chapter 13 if your debts do not exceed certain dollar amounts set forth in the Bankruptcy Code.
Definition:
Family farmer bankruptcies; created by Congress in 1986 (Chapter 12 became effective on November 26, 1986 and is now a permanent Chapter of the Bankruptcy Code); only a family owned farm business can qualify for Chapter 12
Petition
Definition:
The document that commences a bankruptcy proceeding. plan of reorganization - the document setting forth how a bankrupt company plans to satisfy its creditors.
Chapter Thirty Three
Definition:
An unofficial term describing a company that has filed for Chapter 11 three times.
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