U.S. Supreme Court
Jan. 5, 2013
Administration asks Supreme Court to block federal judges' pay hikes
Federal judges who sued to win annual cost-of-living pay increases suffered a setback Thursday as Obama administration lawyers petitioned the U.S. Supreme Court to block the Federal Circuit's October opinion in favor of the judges.
By John Roemer
Daily Journal Staff Writer
Federal judges who sued to win annual cost-of-living pay increases suffered a setback Thursday as Obama administration lawyers petitioned the U.S. Supreme Court to block the Federal Circuit's October opinion in favor of the judges. Calling the question one of "exceptional importance," the government's cert petition acknowledged that a pay raise may be "a matter of justice to the nation's underpaid Article III judges." But the petitio...
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