Chief Justice John Weimer has lost another battle in his lonely crusade to hold down judicial pay.

A state entity known as the Judicial Compensation Commission rejected Weimer’s arguments on Monday, instead voting overwhelmingly to recommend a pay raise of at least $25,000 next year for judges. Supreme Court judges currently earn $195,000 per year, while trial judges make $176,000.

It marked the latest defeat for Weimer in his years-long effort to save taxpayers money by paying judges less.

Weimer’s campaign has won him few fans among judges or among the other six justices of the state Supreme Court.

But he is offering no sign that he’s giving up, even though other judges say he is tilting at windmills, and the amount of money at stake is equivalent to pennies in the overall state budg

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