Dr. Alan Stern wrote a response to that in an article: "“Why Pluto is a Planet, The Embarrassment of the IAU, and Why They Had It Coming”
It's mentioned in a Forbes article about Stern.
The IAU were a bunch of clowns over this issue. The reasons they gave for downgrading Pluto were laughable.
But, the results were still right. Pluto isn’t a planet. And Mercury may not be one either.