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Pay raise
The pay raise idea was presented to the court -
Pay raise
A few of those on the court refuse to accept the pay raise and voted against -
One
At two AM, PA General Assembly passed pay increases from 16% to 34% for state lawmakers, judges, and top executive-branch officials. The vote took place without public review or commentary and signed the bill into law. -
Two
Everyone found out they gave themselves a raise -
Pigs
Gene stilp flies a giant pig over the capital -
Checks and Balances
Less than two weeks after the court's ruling, Metcalfe announced a package of "checks and balances" bills to terminate the judicial pay raise, reduce the term of office for judges from 10 to five years, eliminate the practice of judicial retention (where voters are asked whether a judge should be retained, without the judge running head-to-head against others for the position), and strike the constitutional provision that prohibits the reduction of a judicial salary in the middle of a term in of -
Vote Against
Protestors struck back by voting against the retention of Justice Russell Nigro -
Repeal
Governor Rendell signed a repeal of the pay rais after a near unaimous vote -
Citizen of the year
Stilp was named citizen of the year for his actions against the pay raise -
court ruling
The Supreme Court of PA rules that the judges can keep the controversial pay raise.