The first associate Supreme Court justices took office in 1789 at an annual salary of $3,500. The longest period without a raise was between 1819 and 1855, when the salary for associate justices stood frozen at $4,500 before rising to $6,000.It wasnât until 1984 that the position broke the six-figure mark.urprisingly, there are no written qualifications to become a Supreme Court justice or associate justice. Individuals of all ages, educational attainment and career backgrounds can be considered. Justices donât have to be lawyers, judges -- or even U.S. citizens.
You are here. Mount Rushmore National Memorial is open year-round with only the Sculptor's Studio closed from October - April. Visitors in the winter will find far less crowds with the Memorial seeing only 5% roughly of the visitors coming through the gates during December - March that would come through in July or August.
Mount Rushmore symbolizes the ideals of freedom, democracy and the American dream in the four 60-foot granite faces. This mountain carving of Presidents George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt and Abraham Lincoln draws over three million visitors a year.