You buy a judge by weight, like iron in a junk yard. A justice of the
peace or a magistrate can be had for a five-dollar bill. In the
municipal courts, he will cost you ten. In the circuit or superior
courts, he wants fifteen. The state appellate courts or the state
supreme court is on a par with the Federal courts. By the time a judge
reaches such courts, he is middle-aged, thick around the middle, fat
between the ears. He's heavy. You can't buy a Federal judge for less
than a twenty-dollar bill.
-- Jake "Greasy Thumb" Guzik