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The inadequacy of judicial pay took center stage as the National Commission on the Public Service launched public hearings on the need for comprehensive reform in federal government service. Inadequate compensation seriously compromises judicial independence and threatens the ability to attract and retain the best judges for service, the three judicial witnesses - Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist, Justice Stephen G. Breyer, and Judge Deanell R. Tacha - told the Commission.
(July 16, 2002)

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Judiciary Stresses Need for Equitable Compensation