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Federal Judges sue over pay raise freeze - Congress has excluded judges from receiving promised inflation adjustment pay raises in six of the past 16 years.

By Stan

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April 10, 2009 Eight federal judges are suing the US government for back pay in a potential landmark case that raises fundamental questions about how the Founding Fathers sought to protect an independent judiciary. Five US district judges and three appeals-court judges charge in their suit that Congress reneged on a pledge to provide America’s jurists [...]

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