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"who will be the judges?"

I have the solution......

Let FReepers be the judges!!! :^)

I'm sure there are plenty of us who would be willing to serve for the present salary levels, and we (most of us) would be a damned sight better than all the liberal socialist monstrosities who preside right now.

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On a more serious note (Maybe) this is a legislative issue.

It may well be that higher salaries would attract and keep better judges, but that is exactly the kind of public policy issue that legislatures exist to decide.