In the midst of the Hurricane Katrina madness, relief, support and tradgedy; I think some important bits of news have been sidelined. The natural disaster has taken the spotlight off of something else that is equally important.

The Death of Chief Justice William Rehnquist.

How many people can actually name the day the man died? Not many I'm sure. His death was shadowed by the tradgedy of a city... of a nation. On Saturday, September 3rd, 2005; William Rehnquist finally succumbed to the thyroid cancer that he had been battling for almost a year.

In light of this, Mrs O'Conner said that she would put off her retirement (that she was going to take in order to take care of her husband who is suffering from Alzheimers) so that Rehnquist's position can be filled first. Bush promptly removed his nomination for Judge Roberts from her position and shifted him into the spotlight for the position of Chief Justice.

Rehnquist was a conservative judge. So is Robert when you get down to brass tax on the matter. Both oppose affirmative action and Roe v. Wade. Both wanted more ties between church and state (a concept that makes me shudder and one that I am certain has Thomas Jefferson rolling about in his grave.) Rehnquist opposed the Miranda law, but none-the-less wrote the High Court's decision to include it into federal law. Despite all of this, he was a voice of reason, often putting aside his own views for the good of the country and the Court.

So, now what?

I suspect Roberts will glide through the nomination process relatively unscathed. The people's attention is diverted to more important things at the moment and thus the Senate won't be able to garnish the spotlight for their crazy bi-partisan wars.

To be honest, I don't like Roberts. Want to know my #1 reason why I don't like him? No, it is not his stand on Roe v. Wade. It is not his record in various church v. state decisions. It comes down to one major thing that angers me.

He does not believe I deserve to be paid as much as my male counterparts.

I work twice as hard and get paid 2/3 as much.

Sometimes, action really should be affirmative.

Posted by Utopia at September 13, 2005 11:42 AM

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Posted by: ravennacht at September 13, 2005 11:52 AM

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