RANDOM JACK POETRY HOUR: WORLD DEMOCRACY
A Trail of Tears
Andrew Jackson the Indian Killer
Cast aside the Supreme Court
Denied their fundamental authority
As a counterbalance to executive decree
The result came to be known as
The Trail of Tears
Thousands of Cherokees removed
From their native lands
Marched like cattle a thousand miles
To a land the whites did not yet want
From that moment we were no longer
A nation governed by the rule of law
If a president can decide which laws
To honor and which to discard
Then there is no law
The authority of the judiciary is not
An adjunct to democracy;
It is as essential as the Bill of Rights
The balance of powers or
Free and fair elections
Those who would deny that authority
Are enemies of democracy:
Erdogan of Turkey
Bolsonaro of Brazil
Putin of Russia
Xi Jinping of China
Trump of the USA
Netanyahu of Israel
The people have a right to protest
The people have an obligation
Long live democracy!
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