Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg's Hobby Lobby Dissent Got Turned Into a Song (VIDEO)

By Nate Jones

UPDATED 07/01/2014 at 11:15 AM EDT • Originally published 07/01/2014 at 10:45 AM EDT

It's not every day that a Supreme Court dissent goes viral, but Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg's 35-page dissent in the decision Sebelius v. Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc. (or at least, the one-page summary of it) has blown up among those who disagree with the Court's ruling that closely held corporations are allowed a religious exemption from covering contraceptives in their employee health-care plans.

"Approving some religious claims while deeming others unworthy of accommodation could be perceived as favoring one religion over another, the very risk the [Constitution's] Establishment Clause was designed to preclude," the 81-year-old associate justice writes, concluding: "The Court, I fear, has ventured into a minefield."

Now Ginsburg's dissent has the ultimate mark of social-media success: a musical remix performed by Jonathan Mann, the musician behind the Song A Day project.

In his two-and-a-half minute song, Mann transforms excerpts from Ginsburg's dissent into a protest ballad about religious liberty and contraceptive use. The effort works much better than Mann's similar song from 2009, in which he turned Bush administration torture memos into a bright acoustic ditty, to discordant effect.

Read the full lyrics of the song below. The chorus about "geezers," as you might expect, is an invention by Mann.

Ginsburg's Hobby Lobby Dissent

Religious organizations exist

To foster the interests

Of persons subscribing to the same religious faith

Not so of for-profit corporations

Workers who sustain the operations

Commonly are not drawn from one religious community

It bears note that the cost of an IUD

Is nearly equivalent

To a month's full-time pay

For workers on the minimum wage

The court I fear

Has ventured into a minefield

Slut-shaming geezers

And religious extremism

One thing's clear

This fight isn't over

We gotta stand together

For what we know is right

Any decision to use contraceptives

Is not propelled by government

It's the woman's autonomous choice, informed by her doctor

Approving some religious claims

While deeming others unworthy

Could be perceived as favoring one religion over another

Would the exemption extend to blood transfusions

Antidepressasnts and anesthesia

Pills coated with gelatin and vaccinations?

The court I fear

Has ventured into a minefield

Slut shaming geezers

And religious extremism

One thing's clear

This fight isn't over

We gotta stand together

For what we know is right