A threshold has been crossed
That sets the stage for many future years
McConnell led the way, tradition tossed
Our highest court politicized, I fear
It started when a vacancy occurred
The President, a year in office still
Obama’s choice, Mitch swore would not be heard
The Senate balked, that seat stayed unfulfilled
Now Trump as President chose as he might
To fill the SCOTUS vacancy at last
For Dems his choice was too far to the right
And less than sixty votes for him were cast
By Senate rules this meant he didn’t win
More moderate a choice Trump had to choose
But Mitch McConnell changed the rules there in
It meant Trump’s candidate then didn’t lose
A Senate precedent was newly set
Unless a single Party has control
Of both the Senate and as President
No SCOTUS candidate will fill that role
A Party’s candidate, though quite extreme
Needs one and fifty votes to win consent
Then looking down the years at what this means
The Court will then evolve as bias bent
4/8/17.
