Gov Bel Edwards economic lockdown of Louisiana has resulted in a pay cut, if ever so slight, for Louisiana’s judges.
The Ouachita Citizen’s Zach Parker wrote yesterday that a month ago judges were sent a letter from Supreme Court Justice James Genovese saying that their $900 monthly supplemental pay would be cut to $400/month.
That supplemental pay is funded through filing fees collected by clerks of court.
The base pay of judges is about $152 thousand/year, so the $500/month cut is only about 4%.
Last month we reported on the state’s indigent defenders having to furlough attorneys because of funding shortfalls.
See here Parker’s news story (subscription required).
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05/23/2020 at 9:51 am |
Hardly “The Machine Stops” but it does indicate that the private economy has a small part to play in the governmental scheme of things.
05/24/2020 at 4:23 pm |
I think they’ll survive unlike some normal people.
05/25/2020 at 7:49 am |
“If something cannot go on forever, it will stop.” ― Herbert Stein