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The pay raise idea was presented.
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A few of those on the court refuse to accept the pay raise and vote against it.
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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.
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Public was incredibly outraged , and the issue caused movements and groups against it, driving for a repeal.
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Protestors struck back by voting against the retention of Justice Russell Nigro.
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Governor rendell signed a repeal of the pay raise.
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Gene Stilp began a lawsuit against the Midnight Pay Raise.
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The Supreme Court of PA rules that the judges can keep the controversial pay raise.
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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
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Those receiving the pay raise continue to benefit even today, and taxpayers are slamming the legislators.
