What is the current salary drawn by a United States Supreme Court Justice?
The Chief Justice leads the business of the Supreme Court. In the case of an impeachment trial of a President, which has occurred twice in American history, the Chief Justice presides over the Senate. In modern tradition, the Chief Justice also has the duty of administering the oath of office of the President of the United States, but this is not required by the Constitution or any other law. The first Chief Justice was John Jay. The current chief justice is John G. Roberts, Jr., who was nominated by President George W. Bush and took office on September 29, 2005 upon his confirmation by the Senate on a vote of 78-22 for confirmation. The salary of the Chief Justice is set by Congress, and it is slightly higher than that of the Associate Justices.
Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor says she’s lived on a judge’s salary for 17 years, and she can, in her words, “suffer through more of it.” Supreme Court justices make a little more than $200,000 a year. Sotomayor was responding Thursday to questions from Republican Sen. Jeff Sessions of Alabama, who asked if the nominee can continue to live on a salary that Sotomayor had earlier said was much less than she was making in private practice. Sotomayor said pay is a “difficult” issue for many judges, who she said haven’t received a significant raise in more than 20 years. But Sessions pointed out that the Supreme Court salary is about four times the size of the average family income in the nation. And he told her that if she can’t live on that, she shouldn’t take the job.
The Chief Justice leads the business of the Supreme Court. In the case of an impeachment trial of a President, which has occurred twice in American history, the Chief Justice presides over the Senate. In modern tradition, the Chief Justice also has the duty of administering the oath of office of the President of the United States, but this is not required by the Constitution or any other law. The first Chief Justice was John Jay. The current chief justice is John G. Roberts, Jr., who was nominated by President George W. Bush and took office on September 29, 2005 upon his confirmation by the Senate on a vote of 78-22 for confirmation. The salary of the Chief Justice is set by Congress, and it is slightly higher than that of the Associate Justices. As of 2008[update], it is $217,400 per year.[1 Sources: http://en.wikipedia.
