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September 22, 2005
Mr. Chief Justice
It looks like Judge Roberts will become the next Chief Justice. He's out of committee with a 13-5 vote recommending him for the job. The 13 included 3 democrats which should make the Senate vote even easier for Roberts.
During his vote, Biden said something to the effect, "John Roberts is qualified to become the next Chief Justice. (and some other good things). We should understand that he will have more influence over our children and their children then all of us combined." Then voted no. I suppose he felt that he could do the job, but since he's party and possibly his constituents would have wanted a no, he voted that way.
However, I think it's just plain liberal thinking to feel that Roberts will have more influence over a child or grandchild then the parents. Sorry, not the case. Typically, parents spend more than 3000 hours with their children each year. That's more than anyone else. In fact, parents will spend more time in the car with their children in a month then the child will spend at church (if they attend) in a whole year. What I am saying is, there's more potential for the parent to be the influence than anyone else, some don't take on this responsibilities, but many of us do...and it won't matter who's on the supreme court, they'll still be our children.
I also found this "Century City" type article interesting: A Sci-Fi future awaits the Court
Posted by Jesse at September 22, 2005 2:11 PM
Comments
Actually, I took his comments to mean something totally different.
By "all of us combined", I took that to refer to the Senate Judiciary Committee -- a comment that a Chief Justice will have more impact on the lives of the next couple of generations than a group of Senators would.
I don't think he was talking about parenthood at all.
Posted by: Greg Trotter at September 22, 2005 5:51 PM
I agree with Greg... I came to the comment page to say roughly the same thing. He wasn't trying to demean parents' power over their kids' development at all.
Can you name even one thing the U.S. Senate did in 1973? I can't. But I can name one thing the Supreme Court did that year, and I bet you can, too. I can think of only one major thing the Senate did that whole decade, and it wasn't because they wanted to.
Posted by: MHAithaca at September 23, 2005 1:24 AM
Good points...
I didn't think his comment was meant to demean parents, just that he had a point of view that parents weren't as powerful as they are. But you're both right, it's likely that he was talking about the senate...and in that case, the Court does have alot more influence.
Posted by: Jesse Smith at September 23, 2005 10:09 AM