Sonia
I so admire Sonia*;
She brings honor to the Court,
Especially when rules of law
Her colleagues try to thwart.
In a blistering dissent, she wrote
This ruling now will bring
So much power to a president,
He might as well be king.
Since the founding of our country,
No one’s been above the law,
Yet 6 justices decided
A new plan they’d like to draw.
Sonia “fears for our democracy,”
She said in her dissent
And for 29 sharp pages,
She explained just what she meant.
Oh, I’m fearful for the future
When a candidate and Court
Can take well-established rules and facts
And twist them to distort.
*Sonia Sotomayor, a Supreme Court justice
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