Activist members of Congress are shocked, shocked to learn that some federal judges have the gall to seek private sector jobs after they leave the bench:
The House Judiciary Committee approved a bill last week that will bump up salaries of all federal judges by a whopping 31 percent.But another provision in the bill would penalize any judges at retirement age who leave the bench for a high-paying job by reducing the amount of pension they receive.
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District judges earn just over $166,000, slightly more than the base salary of a first-year associate at a big law firm. A number of judges have cited that figure in recent months when announcing that they are leaving the bench. Over the last two years, 17 judges have resigned, according to the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts.
These are, of course, the same activist legislators who leave Congress, sometimes in disgrace, to become hyper-rich lobbyists (or, in the case of the ultra-hypocritical “populist” John Edwards, a hedge fund consultant). And they dare express indignation over a federal judge who chooses to recoup years of lost income after serving on the bench by putting in some low-profile time as a law firm partner?
Remind me again who are the “dedicated public servants”? And remind me again which group needs to be controlled and restrained, given their limitless megalomania and hubris?
