A parody of Maria, from West Side Story (music: Leonard Bernstein, lyrics: Stephen Sondheim).
Scalia
Antonin Scalia (1936–2016), Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court from 1986 until his death, and the Court’s leading voice for originalism.
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The coldest word of law I ever heard.
Scalia, Scalia, Scalia, Scalia . . .
All of the Constitution bent to a single word . . .
Scalia, Scalia, Scalia, Scalia . . .
Scalia!
I just met a judge named Scalia,
And suddenly I knew—
My civil rights were through—
So true.
Scalia!
I just read a brief signed Scalia,
And one by one I saw
Each right withdrawn by law—
Who knew.
Scalia!
I just heard a ruling, Scalia,
The evidence stood fast,
The warrant, just the past—
At last.
Scalia!
I just read his dissent, Scalia,
He called the ruling wrong,
A right that can’t belong—
Aghast.
Scalia!
I just heard him alone, Scalia,
One man against the rest—
He said the throne knows best—
Amassed.
Scalia!
Say it loud and the courtroom is failing—
Say it soft and the jailer’s prevailing—
Scalia . . .
It’s almost like dating—
Beria
Lavrentiy Beria (1899–1953), chief of the Soviet NKVD under Stalin and organizer of its purges, arrests, and executions.
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