Judicial Salaries

question 48

Multiple Choice

Judicial salaries

• A)are standardized in all of the states.
• B)permit expanded opportunities for outside income.
• C)should be high enough to draw the best legal minds and compensate for the prohibitions against outside work.
• D)have been lowered for supreme court judges who were averaging $175,000-a salary much greater than that of experienced lawyers in major law firms.

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