Justice does have a price – the going rate of how much more expensive it is to live each year.
One Connecticut judge has hung up his robes because Congress said no to a raise for him and his colleagues but gave one to themselves.
Judge Alan Nevas oversaw political corruption cases and swore in Gov. M. Jodi Rell in 2007.
Friday, the Bridgeport federal court judge stepped down after 23 years because he's frustrated Congress didn't give judges pay raises, he said.
In December, members of Congress rejected cost-of-living increases for federal judges. They did, however, approve such raises for themselves and every other federal employee and that’s not fair, Nevas said.
Monday, Nevas starts a new job in the private sector, helping resolve disputes before they reach the courts.
Federal trial judges make $169,300 a year. Seven federal judges recently filed a lawsuit seeking back pay from cost-of-living adjustments that were denied five times since 1994.
