Complex sentence: As of 2001, federal trial judges were paid $145,100 a year, appellate judges $153,900, associate Supreme Court justices $178,300 and the chief justice $186,300, and were permitted to earn an additional $21,000 a year for teaching.
Split into simpler sentences: As of 2001, federal trial judges were paid $145,100 a year, appellate judges $153,900, associate Supreme Court justices $178,300 and the chief justice $186,300. All were permitted to earn an additional $21,000 a year for teaching.