Mel: The official salary for judges has always been too low to attract the best candidates to the job  The legislature' s move to raise the salary has done nothing to improve the situation, because it was coupled with a ban on receiving money for lectures and teaching engagements  Pat: No, the raise in salary really does improve the situation
Since very few judges teach or give lectures, the ban will have little or no negative effect
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