NEWS
February 15, 1989 | United Press International
A federal judge has bowed to his conscience--and a public outcry--and halted a work slowdown he used to protest Congress' refusal to give him a 50% pay raise. "I didn't sleep too well as it began to dawn on me that I was going after the wrong people," said U.S. District Judge Carl B. Rubin, who ended his slowdown Monday. "Maybe I was letting my anger affect my judgment. "I was getting bothered," he said. "When you're having an argument with yourself and you keep losing, that tells you something.
NEWS
February 11, 1989 | SARA FRITZ, Times Staff Writer
When Congress rejected a 50% pay raise for top federal office-holders earlier this week, the action was expected to prompt mass resignations of judges seeking higher salaries in the private sector. But no one anticipated that some judges might simply decide to work less, as Carl B. Rubin has done.