Comments on: The Economics of Judicial Salaries: Justice Roberts v. Judge Judy http://truthonthemarket.com/2009/10/05/the-economics-of-judicial-salaries-justice-roberts-v-judge-judy/ Academic commentary on law, business, economics and more Wed, 15 Feb 2012 08:05:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: KipEsquire http://truthonthemarket.com/2009/10/05/the-economics-of-judicial-salaries-justice-roberts-v-judge-judy/#comment-7840 Tue, 06 Oct 2009 14:54:49 +0000 http://www.truthonthemarket.com/?p=2724#comment-7840 Once again we see a nominally “well educated” person not understand something as elementary an economic principle as the Water-Diamond Paradox. All value is subjective: “Worth more?” To whom? In what context?

]]> By: Milton Recht http://truthonthemarket.com/2009/10/05/the-economics-of-judicial-salaries-justice-roberts-v-judge-judy/#comment-7839 Tue, 06 Oct 2009 06:16:55 +0000 http://www.truthonthemarket.com/?p=2724#comment-7839 Other than the authority and power that goes to whomever is chief justice and other than the connections to be appointed, what special skills do any of the justices have that commands a high salary? Does it take any special skill not possessed by most lawyers or educated non-lawyers to write a reasoned opinion or to oversee a staff of law clerks?
Yes, the decisions have a tremendous impact at times, but that is not due any of the justices’ skills. It is the authority of the position and goes to whoever occupies it.

In addition, how does one Supreme Court justice do better than another? The minimum they have to do is vote with one of the sides and concur with the written opinion. Does that take a lot of skill? Moreover, they can always resign and go to work at a private law firm.

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