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