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Chief Justice Roberts Tones Down Annual Salary Plea, Seeks Cost-of-Living Increase for Federal Judges

 
Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. put aside his aspirations for a significant pay raise for federal judges in the annual report he issued yesterday, instead imploring Congress to at least provide the cost-of-living increases that lawmakers and every other federal worker received. (link)

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