Monday, January 29, 2007

"If we want to continue to attract the best and the brightest to the bench, we need to pay them more than second-year associates."

That's Guy Lewis in yesterday's Miami Herald, commenting on the debate about whether federal judges should be paid more.
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5 comments:

  1. Anonymous2:47 PM

    I can't believe that Guy went out on a limb like that.

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  2. Anonymous6:11 PM

    What we pay judges now is definitely not getting us the best and the brightest. For that matter, we haven't been getting the best and brightest for a long, long time. But does that have to do with money? And should it? What ever happened to the reward of public service? That, plus a buck sixty-five, plus benefits and life tenure should be plenty. And if it isn't, maybe they should just return to private practice where the riches will follow -- if they are the best and brightest.

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  3. Anonymous7:44 PM

    didn't guy lewis leave public service to make a shit load of money in the private sector?

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  4. Anonymous2:09 AM

    Guy Lewis left public service because he was forced out when Bush replaced him as US Attorney, then would not appoint him to a judgeship.

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  5. Anonymous1:36 PM

    Speaking of judges, does anyone know who the members of the Fort Lauderdale magistrate judge selection panel are? They don't appear to be listed on the court's website

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