Midnight Pay raise-General Assembly

By MJ0716

  • Pay Raise idea

    the first time the Pay raise was presented as an idea

  • Justices Refuses Pay raise

    A few refused to accept the pay raise and voted against it

  • Midnight Pay raise meeting

    At 2AM the PA General Assembly passed pay increases from 16% to 34%. This took place without public review or commentary and signed the bill into law

  • Protests

    Protesters struck back by voting against the retention of Justice

  • Signing of Repeal

    Governor rendell signed a repeal of the pay raise

  • Gene Stilp Lawsuit

    Gene Stilp started a lawsuit against the Midnight pay raise.

  • Supreme Court Ruling

    Supreme Court rules that the judges can keep the controversial pay raise

  • Checks and Balances

    2 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)"

  • Legislators Slamming

    As pay raises continue even to this day, taxpayers are slamming the legislators