The term "Hobby Lobbying"
has always existed
for various organizations
existing at all intersections
of the political
and monetary spectrum
trying to curry favor
for their worthy or "look-how-worthy-
this-expensive-B-roll-
of-shiny-happy-
people-blithely-engaging-with-our-company-
makes-us-look-"
goals
but only recently
has it become
a proper noun
that is properly capitalized
when written.
Since February 2013
Nebraska-based Judge
Richard Kopf
has kept a notable
"Hercules and the Umpire" blog
where he relays his adventures
in federal trial-judging.
He scolded the five Catholic male
Republican-appointed
Supreme Court Justices
for undermining Obamacare
when they in his words
ruled that a "huge corporation
with thousands of employees
and gargantuan revenues
was a 'person'."
He went on to recommend
an indefinite silence
or "quiescent" period
then added
"As the kids say
it is time for the Court
to STFU"
(Shut The Eff Up
for non-Millennials)
even providing a helpful link
to Urban Dictionary.
After receiving a note
from a respected lawyer
decrying his foul language
he is
(at least temporarily)
following his own recommendation.
Those who support
free and uninhibited speech
for all public officials
giving truth to power
should start a campaign
politely asking Kopf
to "un-STFU" himself.
This poem © 2014 Emily Cooper.
