what is the minimum dollar amount for federal court
$75,000
title: Supreme Court of the United States text: 2010, to April 10, 2017, for a total of 2,439 days. As of 2018, associate justices are paid $255,300 and the chief justice $267,000. Article III, Section 1 of the U.S. Constitution prohibits Congress from reducing the pay for incumbent justices. Once a justice meets age and service requirements, the justice may retire. Judicial pensions are based on the same formula used for federal employees, but a justice's pension, as with other federal courts judges, can never be less than their salary at the time of retirement. Although justices are nominated by the president in power, justices do not represent title: Mandatory sentencing text: was issued to assess the impact of "United States v. Booker" mandatory minimum penalties on federal sentencing by the United States Sentencing Commission. In 2013, United States Attorney General Eric H. Holder, Jr. announced that the Justice Department would follow a new policy restricting mandatory minimum sentences in certain drug cases. In Alleyne v. United States (2013) the Supreme Court held that increasing a sentence past the mandatory minimum requirement must be submitted by a jury and found factual beyond a reasonable doubt. It increases the burden on the prosecutor to prove that the sentence is necessary for the individual title: Federal judge salaries in the United States text: ratification of the Constitution. Compensation varies based upon the particular judgeship, though it generally increases commensurate with the office. Article III federal judges are those appointed under Article III, Section 1 of the U.S Constitution. Due to the Compensation Clause, these judges are federal judges that may not have their salaries diminished during their time in office, and are appointed to indefinite terms and may not be removed unless they resign or are impeached. The United States Supreme Court is the highest federal appellate court. Its members are commonly called justices. The following table lists salary increases for the justices title: United States federal judge text: scholars, including William Rehnquist, Saikrishna Prakash, and Steven D. Smith, have argued that the Good Behaviour Clause may, in theory, permit removal by way of a writ of "scire facias" filed before a federal court, without resort to impeachment. As of 2018, federal district judges are paid $208,000 a year, circuit judges $220,600, Associate Justices of the Supreme Court $255,300 and the Chief Justice of the United States $267,000. All were permitted to earn a maximum of an additional $21,000 a year for teaching. Chief Justice John Roberts has repeatedly pleaded for an increase in judicial pay, calling the situation title: United States Federal Sentencing Guidelines text: other Supreme Court cases, such as "Blakely v. Washington" (2004), Guidelines are now considered advisory only. Federal judges (state judges are not affected by the Guidelines) must calculate the guidelines and consider them when determining a sentence but are not required to issue sentences within the guidelines. Those sentences are still, however, subject to appellate review. The frequency in which sentences are imposed that exceed the range stated in the Guidelines has doubled in the years since the "Booker" decision. The Guidelines determine sentences based primarily on two factors: The Sentencing Table in the Guidelines Manual shows the relationship between