tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-71544360475256452024-03-28T08:18:04.700-05:00Be An Alabama Rootstriker* with Rob ShattuckNOVEMBER 5, 2014: Act to defeat the money monster in politics, end the perpetual political war, and fix a failed Congress in Washington.
FEBRUARY 8, 2020: Seeking to be Independent candidate in AL 6th Cong'l district.
CLICK on label "A. Current status" below right. Rob Shattuckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02707865352312442808noreply@blogger.comBlogger748125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7154436047525645.post-40149132613320609072024-03-26T18:33:00.006-05:002024-03-28T08:17:30.224-05:00So, here we Alabamians are in the 2024 electionsFrom: Rob Shattuck <rdshatt@aol.com><br />To: Kay Norred <knorred@wvua23.com>; wes.allen@sos.alabama.gov <wes.allen@sos.alabama.gov><br />Cc: Brannon Buck <bbuck@badhambuck.com>; Terri B. Lovell <terri.lovell@alabar.org>; Jennifer Buettner <jbuettner@birminghambar.org>; mckinney@watsonmckinney.com <mckinney@watsonmckinney.com>; suzanneduffey@mc-ala.org <suzanneduffey@mc-ala.org>; flatta@burr.com <flatta@burr.com>; hduncan@bcatoday.org <hduncan@bcatoday.org>; sammons@birminghambusinessalliance.com <sammons@birminghambusinessalliance.com>; srose@montgomerychamber.com <srose@montgomerychamber.com>; nhewston@mobilechamber.com <nhewston@mobilechamber.com>; director@homewoodchamber.org <director@homewoodchamber.org>; chamber@vestaviahills.org <chamber@vestaviahills.org>; pelhamchamberofcommerce@gmail.com <pelhamchamberofcommerce@gmail.com>; sandra@leedsareachamber.com <sandra@leedsareachamber.com>; mike@alarise.org <mike@alarise.org><br />Sent: Monday, March 25, 2024 at 09:06:14 AM CDT<br />Subject: IVEY SIGNS ABSENTEE BALLOT LAW<br />To Kay (WVUA23 news director) and Secretary of State Allen:<br />The WVUA23 article <a href="https://www.wvua23.com/ivey-signs-absentee-ballot-law/">Ivey signs absentee ballot law - WVUA 23</a> says:<br /><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;">Allen did not address whether he has seen any red flags indicating concerns, issues, or voter fraud due to absentee ballot voting and applications. But he did say voters expressed concern to him about election integrity and security.</blockquote>Concerns about election integrity are huge because for four years Donald Trump has been charging that the 2020 elections were rigged, and tens of millions of Americans believe him.<br />Secretary of State Allen has not done and is not doing things he should do to help allay such huge concerns about election integrity because such things would not be approved of by Donald Trump, and Secretary Allen covers himself by doing insignificant things in the name of improving election integrity that will not bother Donald Trump, such as supporting the ballot harvesting bill.<br />As I lay out in <a href="https://al6thcongdist-ihaveuntiljan13.blogspot.com/2023/01/what-should-americans-do-about-election.html">Be An Alabama Rootstriker* with Rob Shattuck: What should Americans do about election integrity? (al6thcongdist-ihaveuntiljan13.blogspot.com)</a>, Secretary Allen should, through the auspices of the National Association of Secretaries of State, be working with other Secretaries of State, Republican and Democratic, to reach an agreed assessment of Trump's charges that the 2020 election was rigged, or not, and publicize to Alabamians what that agreed assessment is. Insofar as the Secretaries agree that particular things happened in the 2020 elections that provide a plausible basis for any questioning the results of the 2020 election, those things should be specified publicly and the Secretaries of State should work jointly on behalf of such changes being made.<br />The truth of the matter is, I think, that Secretary Allen knows the 2020 elections were not rigged as Donald Trump has been charging for four years, and that Secretary Allen also knows that Donald Trump would not approve if Secretary Allen publicized to Alabamians that it was his opinion of that the 2020 elections were not rigged as Donald Trump has been charging for four years.<br />If Secretary Allen believes the 2020 elections were rigged as Donald Trump has been charging, let Secretary Allen explain why he believes that, and to answer questions regarding such belief.<br />For six months I have been trying, directly or indirectly, to press Secretary Allen about this and to get him to respond. I have tried to enlist the aid of the Alabama legal community to press Secretary Allen on this, and with the legal community not being willing I have tried to enlist the aid of business chambers of commerce, and nothing has been forthcoming from them. (For the record regarding the foregoing, I refer you to <a href="https://al6thcongdist-ihaveuntiljan13.blogspot.com/2024/02/interim-alabama-report-to-aba-task.html">Be An Alabama Rootstriker* with Rob Shattuck: Interim Alabama report to ABA Task Force for American Democracy (al6thcongdist-ihaveuntiljan13.blogspot.com)</a> and links therein.)<br />So, here we are with: <a href="https://www.huffpost.com/entry/jacob-zerkle-reggie-walton-january-6-capitol-attack-sentence_n_65d753abe4b0189a6a7d18a4">Federal Judge Ominously Warns That Trump Won’t Accept Defeat In 2024 | HuffPost Latest News</a>, and with increasing dire things being said about what is going to happen in connection with the 2020 elections, fueled by Trump's relentless campaigning that the 2020 election was rigged, and the January 6th participants were great patriots who are hostages whom Trump will pardon if he is elected President.<br />And further here we are, with parties in Alabama, such as Alabama's legal profession and business chambers of commerce, lacking the civic responsibility to use their community standing to raise with Secretary Allen whether he is failing to do what he should do to lessen the huge concerns about election integrity caused by four years of Donald Trump charging that the 2020 elections were rigged, and tens of millions of Americans believing him.<br />(Using their community standing, there are more things that various parties in Alabama should, as a matter of civic responsibility, do related to matters discussed in this email. I will continue on pressing such various parties.)<br />Sincerely,<br />Rob Shattuck<div><br /></div><b>Email "Presidents of Alabama universities and civic responsibility"</b><br />From: Rob Shattuck <rdshatt@aol.com><br />To: president@ua.edu <president@ua.edu>; president@uab.edu <president@uab.edu>; president@auburn.edu <president@auburn.edu>; president@samford.edu <president@samford.edu>; presidentsoffice@montevallo.edu <presidentsoffice@montevallo.edu><br />Cc: wes.allen@sos.alabama.gov <wes.allen@sos.alabama.gov>; Kay Norred <knorred@wvua23.com>; shannon.isbell@wbrc.com <shannon.isbell@wbrc.com>; Baylor Long <blong@hearst.com>; pamhuff@sbgtv.com <pamhuff@sbgtv.com>; Mike Wright <mwright@waaytv.com>; Jon Anderson <janderson@starnesmedia.com><br />Sent: Wednesday, March 27, 2024 at 07:00:05 PM CDT<br />Subject: Presidents of Alabama universities and civic responsibility<br />Dear University of Alabama President Bell, UAB President Watts, Auburn University President Roberts, Samford University President Taylor and University of Montevallo President Stewart:<br />In the below email I sent to WVUA23 news director Kay Norred and to Alabama Secretary of State Wes Allen, I discuss Alabama's legal profession and Alabama's business chambers of commerce lacking civic responsibility to use their community standing to raise with Secretary Allen whether he is failing to do what he should do to lessen the huge concerns about election integrity caused by four years of Donald Trump charging that the 2020 elections were rigged and the adverse consequences of tens of millions of Americans believing him.<br />I appeal to you as Presidents of the University of Alabama, UAB, Auburn University, Samford University and the University of Montevallo to exhibit civic responsibility and use your esteemed positions in Alabama to raise with Secretary Allen whether he is failing to do what he should do to lessen the huge concerns about election integrity caused by four years of Donald Trump charging that the 2020 elections were rigged, and the adverse consequences of tens of millions of Americans believing him.<br />Thank you very much.<br />Sincerely,<br />Rob Shattuck<br />Mountain Brook<br />For filing in <a href="https://al6thcongdist-ihaveuntiljan13.blogspot.com/2024/03/so-here-we-alabamians-are-in-2024.html">Be An Alabama Rootstriker* with Rob Shattuck: So, here we Alabamians are in the 2024 elections (al6thcongdist-ihaveuntiljan13.blogspot.com)</a>.<div>[referenced "below email I sent" is first email above]<br /><br /></div>Rob Shattuckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02707865352312442808noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7154436047525645.post-70963110092092034762024-03-14T05:11:00.007-05:002024-03-27T08:55:43.902-05:00Campaigning for Elizabeth Anderson<p>I have been against Gary Palmer for years. I will continue against him at this time by campaigning for Elizabeth Anderson, the Democratic candidate in the 6th Congressional district. My campaigning for her related to specific issues will be where there is reasonable alignment between Elizabeth Anderson's views and my views in opposition to Gary Palmer's views.</p><p>Elizabeth's campaign website is <a href="https://www.eaforcongress.com/">Elizabeth Anderson | Official Campaign Website (eaforcongress.com)</a>. Her Facebook page is at <a href="https://www.facebook.com/voteforelizabethanderson">Facebook</a>. Elizabeth's listed "Key Issues" are </p><p>Reproductive Rights<br />Poverty Alleviation<br />Climate Crisis<br />Investment in Education<br />Affordable Healthcare<br />Economic Justice</p><p>Campaign note: There is a special election in the 10th Alabama House District on Tuesday, March 26th. <a href="https://256today.com/district-10-five-questions-with-marilyn-lands/">https://256today.com/district-10-five-questions-with-marilyn-lands/</a>; <a href="https://1819news.com/news/item/hd10-democrat-hopeful-lands-banning-sale-of-so-called-assault-weapons-is-so-important">HD10 Democrat hopeful Lands: Banning sale of so-called 'assault weapons' is 'so important' (1819news.com)</a>.</p>Rob Shattuckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02707865352312442808noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7154436047525645.post-36109626572102622622024-03-12T07:23:00.002-05:002024-03-12T07:27:38.468-05:00Morning Joe as Biden's Vice Presidential candidate<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Morning Joe as Biden's Vice Presidential candidate.<a href="https://t.co/TYb6EM5i5w">https://t.co/TYb6EM5i5w</a><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/alpolitics?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#alpolitics</a></p>— Rob Shattuck (@RobShattuckAL06) <a href="https://twitter.com/RobShattuckAL06/status/1767527429310919018?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 12, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>Rob Shattuckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02707865352312442808noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7154436047525645.post-40349915437942808192024-03-04T16:17:00.003-06:002024-03-05T07:50:36.287-06:00Campaigning to enforce Section 3 against Trump<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Campaigning needs to begin for Cong'l legislation to enforce Section 3 against Trump for his having engaged in insurrection.<a href="https://t.co/m5XdXBrALN">https://t.co/m5XdXBrALN</a><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/alpolitics?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#alpolitics</a><br>"Supreme Court’s “Unanimous” Trump Ballot Ruling Is Actually a 5–4 Disaster" <a href="https://t.co/SXEC1sUEiX">https://t.co/SXEC1sUEiX</a> via <a href="https://twitter.com/YahooNews?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@YahooNews</a></p>— Rob Shattuck (@RobShattuckAL06) <a href="https://twitter.com/RobShattuckAL06/status/1764779621290033386?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 4, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Campaigning to enforce Section 3 against Trump.<a href="https://t.co/m5XdXBrALN">https://t.co/m5XdXBrALN</a><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/alpolitics?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#alpolitics</a> <br>Jamie Raskin plans to revive legislation barring Trump from office via 14th amendment <a href="https://t.co/e5OPXKHMv5">https://t.co/e5OPXKHMv5</a> via <a href="https://twitter.com/nypost?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@nypost</a></p>— Rob Shattuck (@RobShattuckAL06) <a href="https://twitter.com/RobShattuckAL06/status/1765011867187998776?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 5, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>Rob Shattuckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02707865352312442808noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7154436047525645.post-47393813057310483292024-03-04T04:06:00.016-06:002024-03-12T19:28:00.729-05:00National Governors Association "Disagree Better" initiative<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">OK, this calls for starting a new blog entry: <br />National Governors Association "Disagree Better" initiative <a href="https://t.co/BzlEp53xgP">https://t.co/BzlEp53xgP</a><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/alpolitics?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#alpolitics</a> <a href="https://t.co/0wT4LbueWb">https://t.co/0wT4LbueWb</a></p>— Rob Shattuck (@RobShattuckAL06) <a href="https://twitter.com/RobShattuckAL06/status/1764593838641856931?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 4, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">I will work on trying to arrange conversations with Alabama Supreme Court justices to discuss overcoming political division.<a href="https://t.co/BzlEp53xgP">https://t.co/BzlEp53xgP</a><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/alpolitics?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#alpolitics</a> <br />U.S. Supreme Court Justices Join Governors To Discuss Overcoming Political Division<a href="https://t.co/bD5Rb3W8IW">https://t.co/bD5Rb3W8IW</a></p>— Rob Shattuck (@RobShattuckAL06) <a href="https://twitter.com/RobShattuckAL06/status/1765030238361121069?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 5, 2024</a></blockquote><b>Email to Samford suggesting Disagree Better event</b><br /> From: Rob Shattuck <rdshatt@aol.com><br />To: "amcewan@samford.edu" <amcewan@samford.edu>; mwithers@samford.edu <mwithers@samford.edu>; jcobia@samford.edu <jcobia@samford.edu><br />Sent: Tuesday, March 5, 2024 at 05:18:48 PM CST<br />Subject: Samford should have a National Governors Association "Disagree Better" event<br />Dear Dr. Ewan, Dr. Witherspoon, and Dr. Cobia:<br />The National Governors Association is pursuing a "Disagree Better" initiative per <a href="https://www.nga.org/disagree-better/">Disagree Better - National Governors Association (nga.org)</a>. The predicate of the initiative is that:<br />"Americans are deeply concerned and exhausted by the hyperpartisanship and polarization in our country, and rightly so. We’ve forgotten how to persuade without hating each other. But our nation’s history shows there’s a better way, and we all need to re-learn how to Disagree Better."<br />At a Colorado event in November, Disagree Better speakers explored the question of: "What Do Universities Owe Democracy? " <a href="https://www.nga.org/news/commentary/disagree-better-speakers-explore-the-question-what-do-universities-owe-democracy/">Disagree Better Speakers Explore the Question: What Do Universities Owe Democracy? - National Governors Association (nga.org)</a><br />There was a Disagree Better event at Millsaps College last month. <a href="https://stayhappening.com/e/disagree-better-with-af-southeast-E2ISWF71FXT">Disagree Better with AF Southeast , Millsaps College, Jackson, 27 February 2024 (stayhappening.com)</a><br />Samford should consider having a Disagree Better event as part of Samford's "Listening, Speaking and Teaching" series.<br />Thank you.<br />Sincerely,<br />Rob Shattuck <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script><div><br /></div><b>Email to WVUA seeking suggestions for University of Alabama event</b><br />From: Rob Shattuck <rdshatt@aol.com><br />To: Kay Norred <knorred@wvua23.com><br />Sent: Tuesday, March 5, 2024 at 06:35:11 PM CST<br />Subject: Suggestions for National Governors Association "Disagree Better" event?<br />Hello Kay.<br />I only yesterday learned of the <a href="https://www.nga.org/disagree-better/">Disagree Better - National Governors Association (nga.org)</a> initiative.<br />I am very impressed with this NGA initiative, and I would like to see if there can be a Disagree Better event in Alabama.<br />Do you have any suggestions for contacting the University of Alabama to urge the holding of such an event?<br />Thanks.<br />Rob Shattuck<br /><br /><b>Email to WAAY seeking suggestions for UAH event</b><br />From: Rob Shattuck <rdshatt@aol.com><br />To: Mike Wright <mwright@waaytv.com><br />Sent: Tuesday, March 5, 2024 at 06:41:29 PM CST<br />Subject: Suggestions for National Governors Association "Disagree Better" event?<br />Hello Mike.<br />I only yesterday learned of the <a href="https://www.nga.org/disagree-better/">Disagree Better - National Governors Association (nga.org)</a> initiative.<br />I am very impressed with this NGA initiative, and I would like to see if there can be a Disagree Better event in Alabama.<br />Do you have any suggestions for contacting UAH to urge the holding of such an event?<br />Thanks.<br />Rob Shattuck
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">I think Sen. Britt would be good subject for a National Governors Association Disagree Better event in Alabama. <a href="https://t.co/0wT4LbueWb">https://t.co/0wT4LbueWb</a><br />I'll work on it and report back.<a href="https://t.co/BzlEp53xgP">https://t.co/BzlEp53xgP</a><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/alpolitics?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#alpolitics</a> <a href="https://t.co/doF5u07Sx4">https://t.co/doF5u07Sx4</a></p>— Rob Shattuck (@RobShattuckAL06) <a href="https://twitter.com/RobShattuckAL06/status/1766607999936684193?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 9, 2024</a></blockquote><b>Email to UAH re "Is Sen. Katie Britt turbocharging division in Alabama?"</b><br />From: Rob Shattuck <rdshatt@aol.com><br />To: nick.jones@uah.edu <nick.jones@uah.edu>; kristina.hendrix@uah.edu <kristina.hendrix@uah.edu><br />Cc: Mike Wright <mwright@waaytv.com>; dmccain@al.com <dmccain@al.com><br />Sent: Monday, March 11, 2024 at 04:48:10 PM CDT<br />Subject: Is Sen. Katie Britt turbocharging division in Alabama? - Have a Disagree Better event at UAH<br />Dear Dr. Jones and Ms. Hendrix:<br />Following on my emailing in November, I wish to call to your attention the Disagree Better initiative of the National Governors Association, website <a href="https://www.nga.org/disagree-better/">Disagree Better - National Governors Association (nga.org)</a>.<br />Per <a href="https://www.nga.org/disagree-better/meetings/">Disagree Better – Meetings and Events - National Governors Association (nga.org)</a>, there have been bipartisan Disagree Better events in Colorado and New Hampshire, plus one at Millsaps College last month (<a href="https://stayhappening.com/e/disagree-better-with-af-southeast-E2ISWF71FXT">Disagree Better with AF Southeast , Millsaps College, Jackson, 27 February 2024 (stayhappening.com)</a><a href="https://stayhappening.com/e/disagree-better-with-af-southeast-E2ISWF71FXT">)</a>.<br />The above subject line asks the question: Is Sen. Katie Britt turbocharging division in Alabama?<br />I think she is.<br />If that is true, perhaps it is the case Sen. Britt consciously desires to turbocharge division in Alabama.<br />If that is not her desire, Sen. Britt should, at this juncture, want to contribute to bridging the partisan divide, which she could do by participating in a Disagree Better event, such as at UAH.<br />Please consider pursuing the idea of a Disagree Better event at UAH and extending an invitation to Sen. Britt to participate.<br />Thank you.<br />Sincerely,<br />Rob Shattuck<br />Mountain Brook <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-conversation="none"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">You and <a href="https://twitter.com/JohnArchibald?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@JohnArchibald</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/lyman_brian?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@lyman_brian</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/Josh_Moon?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Josh_Moon</a> are disagreeing about Sen. Katie Britt. <br>Are you disagreeing well? Or disagreeing poorly?<br>I challenge you to participate in a Disagree Better event at UAH (or somewhere else of your choosing).<a href="https://twitter.com/MikeWAAY31?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@MikeWAAY31</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/dhmccain?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@dhmccain</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/alpolitics?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#alpolitics</a></p>— Rob Shattuck (@RobShattuckAL06) <a href="https://twitter.com/RobShattuckAL06/status/1767483851746492827?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 12, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr"><a href="https://twitter.com/TheJoeyClark?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@TheJoeyClark</a><br>You say:<br>"From high-level politicians to lowliest members of crowd, when politically-minded Americans try to engage one another, we tend to fail."<br>Will you try to engage in a National Governors Assoc. "Disagree Better" event?<a href="https://t.co/BzlEp53xgP">https://t.co/BzlEp53xgP</a><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/alpolitics?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#alpolitics</a> <a href="https://t.co/nbynspCYYi">https://t.co/nbynspCYYi</a></p>— Rob Shattuck (@RobShattuckAL06) <a href="https://twitter.com/RobShattuckAL06/status/1767708626775425498?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 13, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>Rob Shattuckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02707865352312442808noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7154436047525645.post-91960333545583351632024-02-28T04:29:00.017-06:002024-03-14T03:44:16.585-05:00Interim Alabama report to ABA Task Force for American DemocracyFrom: Rob Shattuck <rdshatt@aol.com><br />To: bill.ide@akerman.com <bill.ide@akerman.com><br />Cc: marty@mitchellmeadows.com <marty@mitchellmeadows.com>; emyang@wstrongllc.com <emyang@wstrongllc.com>; Brannon Buck <bbuck@badhambuck.com>; Terri B. Lovell <terri.lovell@alabar.org>; <div>[certain personal acquaintances' names and email addresses redacted]<br />Sent: Tuesday, February 27, 2024 at 09:55:09 AM CST<br />Subject: Interim report from Alabama regarding the ABA Task Force for American Democracy<br />Dear Mr. Ide:<br />As I think you know, I have made extensive communication to the Alabama legal profession and to Alabama parties not in the legal profession, regarding the American Bar Association Task Force for American Democracy. These communications are set out in the following links: (i) <a href="https://al6thcongdist-ihaveuntiljan13.blogspot.com/2024/01/alabama-lawyers-pledge-re-aba-task.html">Be An Alabama Rootstriker* with Rob Shattuck: Alabama lawyer's pledge re ABA Task Force for American Democracy (al6thcongdist-ihaveuntiljan13.blogspot.com)</a>; (ii) <a href="https://al6thcongdist-ihaveuntiljan13.blogspot.com/2023/12/alabama-state-bar-default-re-aba-task.html">Be An Alabama Rootstriker* with Rob Shattuck: Alabama State Bar default re ABA Task Force for American Democracy (al6thcongdist-ihaveuntiljan13.blogspot.com)</a>; (iii) <a href="https://al6thcongdist-ihaveuntiljan13.blogspot.com/2023/11/presidential-debate-in-tuscaloosa-aba.html">Be An Alabama Rootstriker* with Rob Shattuck: Presidential debate in Tuscaloosa & ABA Democracy Task Force conversation event (al6thcongdist-ihaveuntiljan13.blogspot.com)</a>; and (iv) <a href="https://al6thcongdist-ihaveuntiljan13.blogspot.com/2023/08/american-bar-association-task-force-for.html">Be An Alabama Rootstriker* with Rob Shattuck: American Bar Association "Task Force for American Democracy" (al6thcongdist-ihaveuntiljan13.blogspot.com)</a>.<br />There has been no responsiveness by the foregoing parties to undertake supportive activities for advancing the mission of the ABA Task Force.<br />In making this report to you, I would first like to focus on clause (i) of the Task Force's below statement of mission:<br /></div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div style="text-align: left;">The mission of the ABA Task Force for American Democracy is to: (i) bolster voter confidence in elections by safeguarding the integrity and non-partisan administration of elections, and by providing support for election workers and officials; (ii) educate Americans on democracy and the rule of law and why they are foundational to every aspect of American lives; and (iii) suggest ideas to the American people for improving and strengthening our democracy and our elections. <a href="https://www.americanbar.org/groups/leadership/office_of_the_president/american-democracy/our-work/">Our Work (americanbar.org)</a></div></blockquote><div>The article at <a href="https://edition.cnn.com/2023/08/03/politics/cnn-poll-republicans-think-2020-election-illegitimate/index.html?ref=quillette.com">CNN Poll: Percentage of Republicans who think Biden’s 2020 win was illegitimate ticks back up near 70% | CNN Politics</a> says the following about a CNN poll taken during July 2023:<br /></div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div style="text-align: left;">The share of Republicans and Republican-leaning independents who believe that <a href="https://www.cnn.com/politics/joe-biden">President Joe Biden’s</a> 2020 election win was not legitimate has ticked back up, according to a <a href="https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/23895856-cnn-poll-on-biden-economy-and-elections">new CNN poll</a> fielded throughout July. All told, 69% of Republicans and Republican-leaners say Biden’s win was not legitimate, up from 63% earlier this year and through last fall, even as there is no evidence of election fraud that would have altered the outcome of the contest.</div></blockquote><div>In a September 16, 2023 email that I have posted in <a href="https://al6thcongdist-ihaveuntiljan13.blogspot.com/2023/08/american-bar-association-task-force-for.html">Be An Alabama Rootstriker* with Rob Shattuck: American Bar Association "Task Force for American Democracy" (al6thcongdist-ihaveuntiljan13.blogspot.com)</a> under the caption "Email re parties refusing to try to agree on how elections will be conducted,", I say:<br /></div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div>I think for five years those who are involved in determining how elections shall be conducted have harmfully refused to try to agree with one another about the same, and the resultant absence of agreement contributed to and will continue the serious problem in the United States of election outcomes not being accepted by candidates and voters.</div><div>Instead of trying to agree on how elections shall be conducted, each side only talks up to its base either that the other side seeks massive voter suppression or that the other side seeks massive election fraud.</div><div>Take, for example, practices like mail in balloting, ballot drop off boxes and "ballot harvesting." I submit that contentiousness over those practices has little to do with actual fraud that is associated with such practices and is almost exclusively about beliefs about whether one's side will be benefitted or disadvantaged by the there being more votes cast or less votes cast if the practice is in effect or not in effect.</div><div>The two sides refusing to make reasonable efforts to reach reasonable agreements about how elections shall be conducted enables and keeps enabled "irresponsible and extremist rhetoric and positions among elected officials and candidates for elective office" regarding elections in America.</div></blockquote><div>I think Alabama Secretary of State Wes Allen has been an especially culpable party in the foregoing regard. I have tried to press on this per <a href="https://al6thcongdist-ihaveuntiljan13.blogspot.com/2023/01/what-should-americans-do-about-election.html">Be An Alabama Rootstriker* with Rob Shattuck: What should Americans do about election integrity? (al6thcongdist-ihaveuntiljan13.blogspot.com)</a> and have been met with unresponsiveness in return. The legal profession in Alabama, to my knowledge, has in no way sought to engage with Secretary Allen about whether he has been complicit with others whose objective is to undermine voter confidence in elections and whether Secretary Allen has not done what he could have done to help bolster voter confidence in elections.<br />Let me also turn to clause (ii) of the ABA Task Force mission, which is "educate Americans on democracy and the rule of law and why they are foundational to every aspect of American lives."<br />There is now a raging attack that "The Democrats Are Using Lawfare Against Trump Because They Can't Beat Him Fairly" per House GOP Chair Rep. Elise Stefanik's December opinion piece <a href="https://www.newsweek.com/democrats-are-using-lawfare-against-trump-because-they-cant-beat-him-fairly-opinion-1849670">The Democrats Are Using Lawfare Against Trump Because They Can't Beat Him Fairly | Opinion (newsweek.com)</a>.<br />At this juncture, I am not aware of anything the legal profession in Alabama has done to "educate [Alabamians] on democracy and the rule of law and why they are foundational to every aspect of [Alabamian] lives." or to undertake to evaluate and make public comment concerning the foregoing raging attack that "The Democrats Are Using Lawfare Against Trump Because They Can't Beat Him Fairly".<br />In a word, this is a "dismal" interim report from Alabama concerning what the legal profession in Alabama has done or is doing to advance the mission of the ABA Task Force for American Democracy.<br />After I send this email, I will begin selectively sending copies of the email to some of the Alabama parties to whom I have previously communicated regarding the ABA Task Force, with a view to trying to budge them to undertake supportive activities that they have thus far declined to do. While the Alabama State Bar says it is organizationally prohibited from saying or doing anything relative to the ABA Task Force, I am immediately copying the Alabama State Bar on this email, given the Alabama State Bar being the main umbrella organization over the Alabama legal profession.<br />Also, I have copied this email to a few Alabama lawyers I personally know whom I have previously told about my efforts regarding the ABA Task Force.<br />Sincerely,<br />Rob Shattuck</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Email re PA Bar Association Young Lawyers Division and ABA Task Force for American Democracy</b><br />From: Rob Shattuck <rdshatt@aol.com><br />To: maria.engles@pabar.org <maria.engles@pabar.org><br />Cc: khandy@balch.com <khandy@balch.com>; cdriver@badhambuck.com <cdriver@badhambuck.com>; Jennifer Buettner <jbuettner@birminghambar.org>; Jon Anderson <janderson@starnesmedia.com>; Christopher Jones <jonesc1@uab.edu>; wbrewbak@law.ua.edu <wbrewbak@law.ua.edu><br />Sent: Wednesday, February 28, 2024 at 06:44:56 PM CST<br />Subject: PA Bar Association Young Lawyers Division and ABA Task Force for American Democracy<br />Dear Ms. Engles:<br />Following up on my January 15th email to the Pennsylvania Bar Association Young Lawyers Division regarding the American Bar Association Task Force for American Democracy, I pass along to you the below email I sent to the Task Force giving my interim report from Alabama to the Task Force.<br />Thanks.<br />Rob Shattuck<br />Mountain Brook, AL</div><div>[referenced "below email" is above email]</div><div><br /></div><b>Email re Auburn University and my interim report to ABA Task Force for American Democracy</b><br />From: Rob Shattuck <rdshatt@aol.com><br />To: Cathleen Erwin <coe0001@auburn.edu><br />Cc: wes.allen@sos.alabama.gov <wes.allen@sos.alabama.gov>; john@johnhmerrill.com <john@johnhmerrill.com>; news@theplainsman.com <news@theplainsman.com>; suzanneduffey@mc-ala.org <suzanneduffey@mc-ala.org>; vlawson@wsfa.com <vlawson@wsfa.com>; rgarris@leeco.us <rgarris@leeco.us>; auburnucr@gmail.com <auburnucr@gmail.com>; blyman@alabamareflector.com <blyman@alabamareflector.com>; leecodemclub@gmail.com <leecodemclub@gmail.com><br />Sent: Thursday, February 29, 2024 at 05:16:03 PM CST<br />Subject: Auburn University and my interim report to ABA Task Force for American Democracy<br />Dear Professor Erwin,<br />I know in October you said the Auburn political science and law & justice faculty wanted to hold off until the American Bar Association Task Force for American Democracy issued its recommendations.<br />I have sent the below interim report to the ABA Task Force.<br />The ABA Task Force's first listed mission is to "bolster voter confidence in elections by safeguarding the integrity and non-partisan administration of elections, and by providing support for election workers."<br />As my below email discusses, I think Alabama Secretary of State Wes Allen has been an especially culpable party in failing to work jointly with Democratic Secretaries of State to bolster voter confidence in elections, and I think Secretary Allen has been complicit with others whose objective is to undermine voter confidence in elections. Further, the legal profession in Alabama, to my knowledge, has in no way sought to engage with Secretary Allen about this.<br />I think the Auburn political science and law & justice faculty should issue an invitation to Secretary Allen to speak at Auburn and address what I say in my interim report to the ABA Task Force for American Democracy.<br />In aid of the foregoing suggestion, I am copying Secretary Allen on this email, as well as the previous Alabama Secretary of State John Merrill, and other local parties I have previously contacted about this, with the addition of the Lee County Democratic Club.<br />Thank you for indulging this further communication to you from me.<br />Sincerely,<br />Rob Shattuck<br />Mountain Brook<br /><div>[referenced "below email" is top email above]</div><div><br /></div><b>Email to Capitol Journal re Wes Allen & absentee ballots</b><br />From: Rob Shattuck <rdshatt@aol.com><br />To: todd@aldailynews.com <todd@aldailynews.com><br />Cc: Cathleen Erwin <coe0001@auburn.edu>; bbritt@alreporter.com <bbritt@alreporter.com>; hkoplowitz@al.com <hkoplowitz@al.com>; yaffee@yellowhammernews.com <yaffee@yellowhammernews.com>; csmith@al.com <csmith@al.com>; dale@yellowhammernews.com <dale@yellowhammernews.com>; wes.allen@sos.alabama.gov <wes.allen@sos.alabama.gov><br />Sent: Saturday, March 2, 2024 at 03:29:18 PM CST<br />Subject: Capitol Journal show: Secretary Wes Allen and "absentee ballots"<br />Todd:<br />Yesterday, after seeing Capitol Journal's announcement that Secretary of State Wes Allen would be on the show regarding "absentee ballots," I <a href="https://twitter.com/RobShattuckAL06/status/1763717694988152945">tweeted</a> that I would forward to you emails posted in <a href="https://al6thcongdist-ihaveuntiljan13.blogspot.com/2024/02/interim-alabama-report-to-aba-task.html">Be An Alabama Rootstriker* with Rob Shattuck: Interim Alabama report to ABA Task Force for American Democracy (al6thcongdist-ihaveuntiljan13.blogspot.com)</a>, in which emails I contend that Secretary of State Wes Allen has failed to work to bolster voter confidence in elections and has been complicit with others seeking to undermine such confidence.<br />I am writing this email without having seen last night's Capitol Journal show.<br />I hope that you will read the below email in which I give an interim report from Alabama to the American Bar Association Task Force for American Democracy and that you will consider what my below email says about Secretary of State Allen.<br />Do you think what I say about Secretary Allen is legitimate? Do you think Secretary Allen should respond to what I say? Are you in a position to ask Secretary Allen to respond?<br />As the below email indicates, to my knowledge, the Alabama legal profession has not sought to engage Secretary Allen on this matter.<br />I have contacted Auburn University Political Science Department Chair Cathleen Erwin to urge that the political science and law & justice faculty invite Secretary Allen to speak at Auburn on this matter.<br />If what I say about Secretary Allen is not legitimate, I wish for someone to say so. I don't want to be putting this out if what I say is not legitimate, but if Secretary Allen declines to rebut what I say and no one speaks up to contradict me, I will seek ways to continue to purvey this.<br />To the foregoing end, I will copy on this email parties who should be qualified to make respectable comment, one way or the other, on what I say, with the hope that they will do so.<br />Thanks for bearing with me here, Todd.<br />Sincerely,<br />Rob Shattuck<div>[referenced "below email" is top email above]<br /><div><br /></div><b>Email urging UA to revisit the ABA Task Force for American Democracy</b><br />From: Rob Shattuck <rdshatt@aol.com><br />To: lane.mclelland@ua.edu <lane.mclelland@ua.edu><br />Cc: jbramlett@ua.edu <jbramlett@ua.edu>; cpeacock@ua.edu <cpeacock@ua.edu>; jjohl@ua.edu <jjohl@ua.edu>; jlmaddox@ua.edu <jlmaddox@ua.edu>; rcfording@as.ua.edu <rcfording@as.ua.edu>; rlwagner1@ua.edu <rlwagner1@ua.edu>; aelinken@ua.edu <aelinken@ua.edu>; Kay Norred <knorred@wvua23.com><br />Sent: Saturday, March 2, 2024 at 05:42:38 PM CST<br />Subject: University of Alabama should revisit the ABA Task Force for American Democracy<br />Dear Ms. McLelland:<br />Those who oppose Trump believe that SCOTUS accepting review of Trump's Presidential immunity claim and scheduling oral argument for the week of April 22nd means that there will not be a jury verdict, either guilty or not guilty, in the election interference criminal case against Trump before the November election. Further those opposing Trump are concerned that, if Trump is elected, that election interference criminal case (and other criminal cases against Trump) will never be tried and jury verdicts reached.<br />Those who oppose Trump are interpreting the SCOTUS action as meaning the courts will not hold Trump accountable and that it will up to the American people to hold Trump accountable for his alleged criminal interference with the 2020 election and for other alleged crimes.<br />These developments prompt me to urge the University to revisit the American Bar Association Task Force for American Democracy, which I previously raised with the University in connection with the December Presidential primary debate at the University, per <a href="https://al6thcongdist-ihaveuntiljan13.blogspot.com/2023/11/presidential-debate-in-tuscaloosa-aba.html">Be An Alabama Rootstriker* with Rob Shattuck: Presidential debate in Tuscaloosa & ABA Democracy Task Force conversation event (al6thcongdist-ihaveuntiljan13.blogspot.com)</a><br />In support, please read the below interim report from Alabama that I sent to the ABA Task Force.<br />In the report, please note that the Alabama legal profession (to my knowledge) is undertaking no supportive activities regarding the Task Force's mission.<br />Next, please focus on clause (ii) of the ABA Task Force mission to "educate Americans on democracy and the rule of law and why they are foundational to every aspect of American lives."<br />Further please take account of the currently raging attack that "The Democrats Are Using Lawfare Against Trump Because They Can't Beat Him Fairly" per House GOP Chair Rep. Elise Stefanik's December opinion piece <a href="https://www.newsweek.com/democrats-are-using-lawfare-against-trump-because-they-cant-beat-him-fairly-opinion-1849670">The Democrats Are Using Lawfare Against Trump Because They Can't Beat Him Fairly | Opinion (newsweek.com)</a>.<br />Thus, the American people are confronted with a great difficulty in connection with the 2024 election.<br />First, it seems likely the courts will not provide them with jury verdicts of whether Trump is guilty or not guilty of criminally interfering in the 2020 election and guilty or not guilty of other crimes, and the American people will need to reach their own conclusions about Trump being guilty or not guilty of such crimes, and whether Trump should be considered unfit to be President and voters should not vote for him in the November election if they conclude his is guilty of crimes.<br />Second, the foregoing is exacerbated by the attack that "The Democrats Are Using Lawfare Against Trump Because They Can't Beat Him Fairly" and that jury verdicts, one way or the other regarding Trump, should be considered suspect to begin with, and the American people should not be bothered with trying to reach their own conclusions about whether Trump is guilty of crimes or not.<br />All of this is potentially overwhelming for the American people (including Alabamians), and they need all the help they can get in trying to work through the foregoing that is confronting them related to making their voting decisions in November.<br />The University of Alabama is in a position to try to provide some of that help to some Alabamians. I hope the University will undertake to do something in the months ahead before November.<br />Thank you very much for your attention to this email.<br />Sincerely,<br />Rob Shattuck<br />Mountain Brook<br /></div><div>[referenced "below interim report" is top email above]</div><div><br /></div><b>Email re Alabama lawyers, Alabama business chambers, and Jan. 6th</b><br />From: Rob Shattuck <rdshatt@aol.com><br />To: hduncan@bcatoday.org <hduncan@bcatoday.org>; sammons@birminghambusinessalliance.com <sammons@birminghambusinessalliance.com>; srose@montgomerychamber.com <srose@montgomerychamber.com>; nhewston@mobilechamber.com <nhewston@mobilechamber.com>; director@homewoodchamber.org <director@homewoodchamber.org>; chamber@vestaviahills.org <chamber@vestaviahills.org>; chamberinfo@shelbychamber.net <chamberinfo@shelbychamber.net>; pelhamchamberofcommerce@gmail.com <pelhamchamberofcommerce@gmail.com>; sandra@leedsareachamber.com <sandra@leedsareachamber.com><br />Cc: Brannon Buck <bbuck@badhambuck.com>; Terri B. Lovell <terri.lovell@alabar.org>; Jennifer Buettner <jbuettner@birminghambar.org>; mckinney@watsonmckinney.com <mckinney@watsonmckinney.com>; suzanneduffey@mc-ala.org <suzanneduffey@mc-ala.org>; flatta@burr.com <flatta@burr.com><br />Sent: Wednesday, March 13, 2024 at 05:55:11 PM CDT<br />Subject: Alabama lawyers, Alabama business chambers, and Jan. 6th<br />Dear Alabama chambers of commerce:<br />Some of you received the January 8th email appended below, in which I say, "With each passing day, it seems that the work of the American Bar Association Task Force for American Democracy is becoming more critical. and that the business community should be made more aware of it."<br />For more than six months I have been trying to get the Alabama legal community to undertake activities in support of the yearlong mission of the American Bar Association Task Force for American Democracy. That mission is to:<br /><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;">(i) bolster voter confidence in elections by safeguarding the integrity and non-partisan administration of elections, and by providing support for election workers and officials; (ii) educate Americans on democracy and the rule of law and why they are foundational to every aspect of American lives; and (iii) suggest ideas to the American people for improving and strengthening our democracy and our elections. <a href="https://www.americanbar.org/groups/leadership/office_of_the_president/american-democracy/our-work/">Our Work (americanbar.org)</a></blockquote>As explained in my interim Alabama report to the ABA Task Force that is set out at <a href="https://al6thcongdist-ihaveuntiljan13.blogspot.com/2024/02/interim-alabama-report-to-aba-task.html">Be An Alabama Rootstriker* with Rob Shattuck: Interim Alabama report to ABA Task Force for American Democracy (al6thcongdist-ihaveuntiljan13.blogspot.com)</a>, I don't think the Alabama legal community has undertaken or is undertaking any activities in support of the ABA Task Force's mission.<br />In the face of the failure of the Alabama legal community in the foregoing regard, I solicit Alabama chambers of commerce to undertake activities in support of the ABA Task Force's mission.<br />Trump continues on his relentless campaign to destroy the confidence of Americans in their elections. At a Greensboro, North Carolina rally on March 2nd, Trump said, “Eighty-two percent of the country understands that it [the 2020 election] was a rigged election.” <a href="https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2024/mar/07/donald-trump/trump-says-82-says-americans-think-2020-election-w/">PolitiFact | Trump says 82% says Americans think 2020 election was “rigged.” Polls, polling executives disagree</a>.<br />One thing the Alabama legal community could do to support the ABA Task Force's mission would be to engage with Alabama Secretary of State Wes Allen about the 2020 election. If Secretary Allen does not believe the 2020 election was rigged, the legal community could work with Secretary Allen on finding ways to communicate to Alabamians that they should not think that the 2020 election was rigged. If Secretary Allen believes the 2020 election was rigged, the legal community could discuss with Secretary Allen how he could best use his position to work with other Secretaries of State, Republican and Democratic, to avoid a "rigging" of the 2024 election or a public perception of a "rigging" of the 2024 election.<br />If the Alabama legal community is unwilling to do anything, Alabama chambers of commerce should think about doing something.<br />If your chamber of commerce is amenable to considering what it might do to support the ABA Task Force's mission, I would be pleased to discuss the same with you. Just let me know.<br />Thank you.<br />Sincerely,<br />Rob Shattuck<br />Mountain Brook<div>----------------<br /><div>From: Rob Shattuck <rdshatt@aol.com><br />To: sammons@birminghambusinessalliance.com <sammons@birminghambusinessalliance.com><br />Cc: hduncan@bcatoday.org <hduncan@bcatoday.org>; srose@montgomerychamber.com <srose@montgomerychamber.com>; nhewston@mobilechamber.com <nhewston@mobilechamber.com><br />Sent: Monday, January 8, 2024 at 07:36:04 AM CST<br />Subject: Birmingham business community and American Bar Association Task Force for American Democracy<br />Dear Mr. Ammons,<br />With each passing day, it seems that the work of the American Bar Association Task Force for American Democracy is becoming more critical. and that the business community should be made more aware of it.<br />The Task Force was created because "The efforts to overturn the 2020 election are a warning that democracy in the U.S. is at great risk." (<a href="https://www.americanbar.org/groups/business_law/resources/business-law-today/2023-december/working-to-ensure-enduring-american-democracy/">https://www.americanbar.org/groups/business_law/resources/business-law-today/2023-december/working-to-ensure-enduring-american-democracy/</a>)<br />Please note that Task Force Goal 1 (set out <a href="https://www.americanbar.org/groups/leadership/office_of_the_president/american-democracy/our-work/">https://www.americanbar.org/groups/leadership/office_of_the_president/american-democracy/our-work/</a>) is "Endeavor to restore voter confidence in the integrity of our elections."<br />And then note the news from yesterday that Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.) Stefanik won’t commit to certifying the 2024 election results. <a href="https://www.aol.com/news/stefanik-won-t-commit-certifying-201812256.html">https://www.aol.com/news/stefanik-won-t-commit-certifying-201812256.html</a>.<br />With things so going in the wrong direction, and following the Task Force saying to, "Leverage the legal profession to educate the public on the reasons for, and the importance of, democracy and the rule of law," on Friday, I sent the below email to Stan Blanton, Managing Partner of Balch & Bingham and Executive Committee member of the Birmingham Business Alliance.<br />I hope this email to you helps push forward the foregoing educational objective in the Birmingham business community.<br />Because this applies to all the business community in Alabama, I am copying the Business Council of Alabama, and the Huntsville, Montgomery and Mobile chambers of commerce on this email (except Chip Cherry of the Huntsville chamber will be emailed using their contact form).<br />Thank you.<br />Sincerely,<br />Rob Shattuck<br />Mountain Brook</div></div>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Donald Trump is on a relentless campaign to destroy the confidence of Americans in their elections.<br>AL Sec. of State Wes Allen is complicit in what Trump is doing.<br>Last night I emailed Alabama chambers of commerce about this.<br>My email is at <a href="https://t.co/JLZmMdJhDl">https://t.co/JLZmMdJhDl</a><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/alpolitics?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#alpolitics</a> <a href="https://t.co/afrt3se4mx">https://t.co/afrt3se4mx</a></p>— Rob Shattuck (@RobShattuckAL06) <a href="https://twitter.com/RobShattuckAL06/status/1768195984276811933?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 14, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>Rob Shattuckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02707865352312442808noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7154436047525645.post-17356684896922510142024-02-27T17:47:00.005-06:002024-02-29T05:26:50.319-06:00My campaigning after March 5th<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">I don't expect enough signatures by March 5 to get on ballot as IND candidate against Rep. Gary Palmer in 6th Cong'l district, as I've been trying for per <a href="https://t.co/iNDwFYO4xf">https://t.co/iNDwFYO4xf</a>.<br />My campaigning will continue after March 5 & be reported in <a href="https://t.co/yAhO70kVHb">https://t.co/yAhO70kVHb</a>.<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/alpolitics?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#alpolitics</a></p>— Rob Shattuck (@RobShattuckAL06) <a href="https://twitter.com/RobShattuckAL06/status/1762628963640209775?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 28, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">If I don't get on ballot as IND candidate against Rep. Gary Palmer in 6th Cong'l district, & it's workable for me to campaign for the DEM candidate Elizabeth Anderson (<a href="https://t.co/rztyph6cUi">https://t.co/rztyph6cUi</a>), I will likely do that.<br /> <a href="https://t.co/yAhO70kVHb">https://t.co/yAhO70kVHb</a><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/alpolitics?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#alpolitics</a><a href="https://t.co/PeIBMoBZM9">https://t.co/PeIBMoBZM9</a></p>— Rob Shattuck (@RobShattuckAL06) <a href="https://twitter.com/RobShattuckAL06/status/1762632795426267225?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 28, 2024</a></blockquote><b>Email re urging DEM candidate Elizabeth Anderson to make "guns" one of her "Key Issues"</b><br /> From: Rob Shattuck <rdshatt@aol.com><br />To: danaellis865@gmail.com <danaellis865@gmail.com>; Keaira G. Turner <keaira.turner@birminghamal.gov>; moneyj@jccal.org <moneyj@jccal.org>; sjackson@cbs42.com <sjackson@cbs42.com>; abookman@al.com <abookman@al.com>; bwright@birminghamtimes.com <bwright@birminghamtimes.com>; igould@advancelocal.com <igould@advancelocal.com>; newhopebirmingham@gmail.com <newhopebirmingham@gmail.com>; pastortb@nrschurch.org <pastortb@nrschurch.org>; onoyemi@fiaal.org <onoyemi@fiaal.org>; fbcensley@gmail.com <fbcensley@gmail.com>; dgreen@mtcfc.org <dgreen@mtcfc.org>; officestaff@faithchapel.net <officestaff@faithchapel.net>; katy@churchofthehighlands.com <katy@churchofthehighlands.com>; ashfaq.taufique@bisweb.org <ashfaq.taufique@bisweb.org>; daniel@fiaal.org <daniel@fiaal.org>; Rev. Julie Conrady <minister@uucbham.org>; Moms Demand Action Alabama <alabama@momschapterleaders.org>; Melissa Bailey <melissa.bailey.al@gmail.com>; contact@evechurch.org <contact@evechurch.org>; wgonsoulin@jefcoed.com <wgonsoulin@jefcoed.com>; ddgreen@uab.edu <ddgreen@uab.edu>; dhudson@bhm.k12.al.us <dhudson@bhm.k12.al.us>; cwalker3@bhm.k12.al.us <cwalker3@bhm.k12.al.us>; msullivan@bhm.k12.al.us <msullivan@bhm.k12.al.us>; sammons@birminghambusinessalliance.com <sammons@birminghambusinessalliance.com>; Sheree Kennon <shereekennon@yahoo.com>; Lisa Burgess <lisaburgess.al@gmail.com>; Helen Rivas <kikot.atit@gmail.com>; Phillip Ensler <phillip.ensler@alhouse.gov><br />Sent: Tuesday, February 27, 2024 at 06:47:44 PM CST<br />Subject: DEM candidate Elizabeth Anderson in 6th Cong'l district and guns<br />I don't expect to get enough signatures by March 5th to get on the ballot as an Independent candidate against Rep. Gary Palmer in the 6th Congressional district (as I've been trying to do), and I will not have that platform for building Alabama public opinion in favor of stricter gun laws in Alabama.<br />The Democratic candidate in the 6th Congressional district, Elizabeth Anderson, does not list "guns" as one of her "Key Issues." <a href="https://www.eaforcongress.com/">Elizabeth Anderson | Official Campaign Website (eaforcongress.com)</a>. I plan to contact Elizabeth to urge her to make guns one of her "Key Issues."<br />I hope you also will contact Elizabeth to urge her to make guns one of her "Key Issues."<br />Rob Shattuck<br />(for filing in <a href="https://al6thcongdist-ihaveuntiljan13.blogspot.com/2024/02/my-campaigning-after-march-5th.html">Be An Alabama Rootstriker* with Rob Shattuck: My campaigning after March 5th (al6thcongdist-ihaveuntiljan13.blogspot.com)</a>) <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">I don't expect to get needed signatures by March 5 to get on ballot as IND candidate against Rep. Gary Palmer in 6th Cong'l district & will not have that platform for advocating for women's health & reproductive rights. I will find other ways. <a href="https://t.co/yAhO70ltwJ">https://t.co/yAhO70ltwJ</a><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/alpolitics?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#alpolitics</a></p>— Rob Shattuck (@RobShattuckAL06) <a href="https://twitter.com/RobShattuckAL06/status/1763163714096877664?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 29, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>Rob Shattuckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02707865352312442808noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7154436047525645.post-18669436246937109692024-02-04T04:51:00.072-06:002024-02-25T12:14:01.641-06:00My Wishes and Horses CampaignThis blog entry will track my Wishes and Horses Campaign during the next 30 days. <div><br /><div>My Wishes and Horses Campaign was initiated per "Update 1/28/2024 - If wishes were horses" posted at <a href="https://al6thcongdist-ihaveuntiljan13.blogspot.com/2020/02/32-days-until-march-3rd.html">Be An Alabama Rootstriker* with Rob Shattuck: 31 days until March 3rd (al6thcongdist-ihaveuntiljan13.blogspot.com)</a>.</div></div><div><br /></div><div>Given the miserable state of our nation's politics, and its building titanic clash in 2024 over installing Donald Trump as America's Dictator or bringing him down once and for all, I think my Wishes and Horses Campaign is very meritorious from a good citizen, civics perspective and trying to contribute to a salvaging of said miserable state of our politics.</div><div><br /></div><div>While a great percentage of Alabama 6th Congressional district voters may desire no public airing of what I am trying to debate Rep. Gary Palmer about, there should be many voters in the 6th Congressional district who would very much desire such an airing. It is the latter voters whom I will be seeking to sign a petition to put me on the ballot as an Independent candidate. About 8500 signatures will be needed and these will need to be gotten by March 5th. [Correction: 8,500 number is way off base, and Alabama Secretary of State's office has advised me that I need 3,034 signatures.]</div><div><br /></div><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Ballot access petition matters</span></b><br /><a href="https://www.sos.alabama.gov/sites/default/files/election-2024/Independent-Candiate-Info.pdf">https://www.sos.alabama.gov/sites/default/files/election-2024/Independent-Candiate-Info.pdf</a> is "2024 Independent Candidate Ballot Access" information promulgated by the Alabama Secretary of State. <div><br /></div><div>Today (Monday 2/5) I will contact the Secretary of State’s Election Division for the required number of signatures of registered
voters I need: 334-242-7210.</div><div><br /></div><div>Also today I will track down the "sample petition form, which may be photo copied, [that} is available from the Office of the
Secretary of State and on the Secretary of State’s election web site:
www.alabamavotes.gov."<br /><br />Further I will make inquiry about possible mechanics for the filing of signed ballot access petitions. Possibly signed paper petitions will ultimately be required to be filed. If that is the case, I will inquire about coupling the filing of paper petitions on or before March 5th with an online uploading of signed paper petitions to a public webpage or a private webpage that can be viewed by myself and the Secretary of State, in order to monitor how many petitions are getting signed.</div><div><br /></div><div><b>EDIT</b>: I have spoken with Mary at 334-242-7210. She says I need 3,034 signatures. The form of petition can be found at <a href="https://www.sos.alabama.gov/sites/default/files/Independent%20Candidate%20Petition%20Form_0.pdf">Independent Candidate Petition Form_0.pdf (alabama.gov)</a>. </div><div>I have downloaded the form, but what I have downloaded is not fillable at the moment. I will investigate whether I can create a fillable form and fill in the blanks at the top of the form.</div><div>The first blank needs to be filled in with "the Alabama 6th Congressional district", the second blank needs to be filled in with with my name "Rob Shattuck," the third blank needs to be filled in with the word "Representative," the fourth blank needs to be filled in with the word "general" and the fifth blank needs to be filled in with the date "November 5, 2024."</div><div>A map of the 6th Congressional district can be found at <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/members/AL/6">Alabama’s 6th Congressional District - AL-06 Representatives & District Map - GovTrack.us</a></div><div>In terms of logistics, for the moment I am not inclined to collect all the petitions, and I am inclined for people to get signatures on petitions on their own and when it suits a person to mail the petitions they have collected directly to the Alabama Secretary State, address Elections Division
Office of the Secretary of State
P.O. Box 5616
Montgomery, Alabama 36103-5616, to do so. It would be up to the person whether to make copies or not of the petitions they mail in. If this is done the person should number the petition pages in the upper right corner blanks of page __ of ___. If this is done, I would like the person to email me how many petition pages they mailed to the Secretary of State and the total number of signatures on the petition they mailed in, plus, for identification purposes, the first name on the petition they mail in.</div><div>I think the foregoing logistics should be very workable, but possibly the logistics will need to get changed.</div><div><br /></div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>Reaching out</b></span><br /><b>Email to Professor Joyce Vance of University of Alabama School of Law</b><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div style="text-align: left;">[In 2022 I urged for Professor Vance to run for the United States Senate, and in this 2024 election cycle, I urged for her to run for the United States House of Representatives.]</div></blockquote><div>From: Rob Shattuck <rdshatt@aol.com><br />To: jvance@law.ua.edu <jvance@law.ua.edu><br />Sent: Friday, February 2, 2024 at 06:26:06 PM CST<br />Subject: My Wishes and Horses Campaign<br />Dear Joyce,<br />Will you express support for me in my Wishes and Horses Campaign, which Campaign is indicated in the "Update 1/28/2024 - If wishes were horses" posted at <a href="https://al6thcongdist-ihaveuntiljan13.blogspot.com/2020/02/32-days-until-march-3rd.html">Be An Alabama Rootstriker* with Rob Shattuck: 31 days until March 3rd (al6thcongdist-ihaveuntiljan13.blogspot.com)</a>?<br />Thank you very much.<br />Sincerely,<br />Rob Shattuck<div><br /></div><b>Email to Bill Britt, Susan Britt and Josh Moon of Alabama Political Reporter</b><br />From: Rob Shattuck <rdshatt@aol.com><br />To: bbritt@alreporter.com <bbritt@alreporter.com>; sbritt@alreporter.com <sbritt@alreporter.com>; jmoon@alreporter.com <jmoon@alreporter.com><br />Sent: Sunday, February 4, 2024 at 06:32:16 PM CST<br />Subject: My Independent candidacy in 6th Congressional district<br />Dear Bill, Susan and Josh,<br />I would be very much interested in learning what you think about my effort to get on the ballot as an Independent candidate against Rep. Gary Palmer in the 6th Congressional district. See <a href="https://al6thcongdist-ihaveuntiljan13.blogspot.com/2024/02/my-wishes-and-horses-campaign.html">Be An Alabama Rootstriker* with Rob Shattuck: My Wishes and Horses Campaign (al6thcongdist-ihaveuntiljan13.blogspot.com)</a><br />Any encouragement you can give me will be much appreciated.<br />Thank you very much.<br />Sincerely,<br />Rob Shattuck<div><br /></div><b>Email to contact I have at Mountain Brook schools</b><br />From: Rob Shattuck <rdshatt@aol.com><br />To: _____@mtnbrook.k12.al.us <_____@mtnbrook.k12.al.us><br />Cc: ______<br />Sent: Sunday, February 4, 2024 at 07:26:57 PM CST<br />Subject: Please feel no obligation to reply to this<br />Dear _____,<br />Yesterday I informed ____ about <a href="https://al6thcongdist-ihaveuntiljan13.blogspot.com/2024/02/my-wishes-and-horses-campaign.html">Be An Alabama Rootstriker* with Rob Shattuck: My Wishes and Horses Campaign (al6thcongdist-ihaveuntiljan13.blogspot.com)</a>.<br />In seeking ballot access petition signatures, I am targeting groups in Alabama that have political issues as to which they are on the opposite side from the Republicans in Alabama, and that would appreciate public pushback on their issue against Rep. Gary Palmer in the 6th Congressional district.<br />I think K-12 education is one such issue, as to which the Republicans are hepped up about school choice, eradicating DEI, preventing Marxist indoctrination, and banning books, as the means for improving the education of Alabama children. I think such is political hogwash that will do little or nothing to address serious problems that impair K-12 education in Alabama, such as failures of discipline in the schools, the destructive effect of cellphones in schools, and student truancy.<br />Those problems may have little applicability to Mountain Brook schools, and you likely have a better sense than I about problems that need fixing in K-12 education in Alabama, and whether the Republicans are offering anything that can be helpful for improving education in Alabama. My limited views, for what they are worth, are publicly indicated at <a href="https://al6thcongdist-ihaveuntiljan13.blogspot.com/2022/08/what-are-your-concerns-about-mtn-brook.html">Be An Alabama Rootstriker* with Rob Shattuck: What are your concerns about Mtn. Brook AL schools? (al6thcongdist-ihaveuntiljan13.blogspot.com)</a>, and you can make what you want of them.<br />I only ask whether you feel I am a person whom you would like to see getting into it publicly with Rep. Gary Palmer. If you do, I want to ask whether you are willing to sign my ballot access petition to enable me to do that.<br />If this is something you prefer not to be involved with, I will understand. Again, please feel no obligation to reply here.<br />Sincerely,<br />Rob Shattuck<div><br /></div><b>Email to stricter gun laws constituency</b><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div style="text-align: left;">[For how and why the below email addressees were sent the below email, see<b> </b><a href="https://al6thcongdist-ihaveuntiljan13.blogspot.com/2023/09/draft-statement-to-birmingham-city.html">Be An Alabama Rootstriker* with Rob Shattuck: Draft statement to Birmingham City Council re gun control laws (al6thcongdist-ihaveuntiljan13.blogspot.com)</a>]</div></blockquote><div>From: Rob Shattuck <rdshatt@aol.com><br />To: danaellis865@gmail.com <danaellis865@gmail.com>; Keaira G. Turner <keaira.turner@birminghamal.gov>; moneyj@jccal.org <moneyj@jccal.org>; sjackson@cbs42.com <sjackson@cbs42.com>; abookman@al.com <abookman@al.com>; bwright@birminghamtimes.com <bwright@birminghamtimes.com>; igould@advancelocal.com <igould@advancelocal.com>; newhopebirmingham@gmail.com <newhopebirmingham@gmail.com>; pastortb@nrschurch.org <pastortb@nrschurch.org>; onoyemi@fiaal.org <onoyemi@fiaal.org>; fbcensley@gmail.com <fbcensley@gmail.com>; dgreen@mtcfc.org <dgreen@mtcfc.org>; officestaff@faithchapel.net <officestaff@faithchapel.net>; katy@churchofthehighlands.com <katy@churchofthehighlands.com>; ashfaq.taufique@bisweb.org <ashfaq.taufique@bisweb.org>; daniel@fiaal.org <daniel@fiaal.org>; Rev. Julie Conrady <minister@uucbham.org>; Moms Demand Action Alabama <alabama@momschapterleaders.org>; Melissa Bailey <melissa.bailey.al@gmail.com>; contact@evechurch.org <contact@evechurch.org>; wgonsoulin@jefcoed.com <wgonsoulin@jefcoed.com>; ddgreen@uab.edu <ddgreen@uab.edu>; dhudson@bhm.k12.al.us <dhudson@bhm.k12.al.us>; cwalker3@bhm.k12.al.us <cwalker3@bhm.k12.al.us>; msullivan@bhm.k12.al.us <msullivan@bhm.k12.al.us>; sammons@birminghambusinessalliance.com <sammons@birminghambusinessalliance.com>; Sheree Kennon <shereekennon@yahoo.com>; Lisa Burgess <lisaburgess.al@gmail.com>; Helen Rivas <kikot.atit@gmail.com>; "kymanderson@sbgtv.com" <kymanderson@sbgtv.com>; dsingleton@sbgtv.com <dsingleton@sbgtv.com>; Phillip Ensler <phillip.ensler@alhouse.gov><br />Sent: Monday, February 5, 2024 at 06:55:23 PM CST<br />Subject: Please sign my ballot access petition in AL 6th Cong'l district on behalf of stricter gun laws<br />Please sign my ballot access petition to get me on the ballot as an Independent candidate against Rep. Gary Palmer in the Alabama 6th Congressional district and enable me to get at Rep. Palmer on the guns issue. <a href="https://al6thcongdist-ihaveuntiljan13.blogspot.com/2024/02/my-wishes-and-horses-campaign.html">Be An Alabama Rootstriker* with Rob Shattuck: My Wishes and Horses Campaign (al6thcongdist-ihaveuntiljan13.blogspot.com)</a><br />If you don't live in the 6th Congressional district, please contact your friends and acquaintances who are in the district to sign my ballot access petition.<br />Thank you very much.<div><br /></div><b>Outreach to Alabama Reproductive Rights Advocates</b><br />"Alabama Reproductive Rights Advocates (ARRA) is a state-wide group of women and men who support choice and that are ready to take part in a movement to make their voices be heard." <a href="https://alabamareproductiverightsadvocates.com/about/">About ARRA - Alabama Reproductive Rights Advocates</a><div>I made outreach to ARRA on its February 3, 2024 Facebook post, which post (with my outreach comments) can be found using this link: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/AlabamaReproductiveRightsAdvocates">Facebook</a></div><b>[2/23/24 further solicitation of Alabama Reproductive Rights Advocates]</b><br />From: Rob Shattuck <rdshatt@aol.com><br />To: LindaDFoundation@gmail.com <lindadfoundation@gmail.com><br />Sent: Friday, February 23, 2024 at 08:03:59 AM CST<br />Subject: Getting on ballot as an Independent candidate in 6th Congressional district<br />I don't know if you are Linda, so I won't do a salutation here.<br />I also don't know how much you would like to see me on the ballot in the 6th Congressional district as an Independent candidate who would try to go very hard against Rep. Palmer regarding women's healthcare and reproductive rights.<br />What I need at this juncture are people who look at what I am doing and consider it sufficiently meritorious that they are willing to try for it.<br />That you have to decide for yourself.<br />If you decide, yes, I want to try for it, start with your email contacts. Are you willing to email such contacts and, in your own words, convey "I strongly believe in what this guy is doing, and I think you should too."<br />I obviously believe in what I am doing. I think others should believe in it. If others don't believe in it, that's ok and I will not hold it against them.<br />One way or the other, the foregoing that I describe is what I need at this juncturein order to get on the ballot, and, if the foregoing does not happen, I will not get on the ballot.<br />Thank you very much for your attention to this email.<br />Sincerely,<br />Rob</div><div><br /><b>Email to Birmingham TV stations</b><br />From: Rob Shattuck <rdshatt@aol.com><br />To: rmartin@cbs42.com <rmartin@cbs42.com>; shannon.isbell@wbrc.com <shannon.isbell@wbrc.com>; Baylor Long <blong@hearst.com>; pamhuff@sbgtv.com <pamhuff@sbgtv.com><br />Sent: Tuesday, February 6, 2024 at 06:54:23 AM CST<br />Subject: My Wishes and Horses Campaign in AL 6th Cong'l district<br />Dear Mr. Martin (CBS news director), Ms. Isbell (WBRC news director), Mr. Long (WVTM news director) and Pam Huff (ABC3340 managing editor):<br />May I speak to you or to a reporter or other staff member at your TV station regarding my Wishes and Horses Campaign to get on the ballot as an Independent candidate against Rep. Gary Palmer in the Alabama 6th Congressional district.<br />This campaign of mine is indicated at <a href="https://al6thcongdist-ihaveuntiljan13.blogspot.com/2024/02/my-wishes-and-horses-campaign.html">Be An Alabama Rootstriker* with Rob Shattuck: My Wishes and Horses Campaign (al6thcongdist-ihaveuntiljan13.blogspot.com)</a>.<br />Thank you very much.<br />Sincerely,<br />Rob Shattuck<br />Mountain Brook<br />(205) 967-5586<div><br /></div><b>Email to Braver Angels Birmingham Alliance</b><br /><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;">[I have been trying to advance the Braver Angels Birmingham Alliance, per <a href="https://al6thcongdist-ihaveuntiljan13.blogspot.com/2023/02/braver-angels-birmingham-alliance.html">Be An Alabama Rootstriker* with Rob Shattuck: Braver Angels Birmingham Alliance (al6thcongdist-ihaveuntiljan13.blogspot.com)</a>]</blockquote>From: Rob Shattuck <rdshatt@aol.com><br />To: Theo Brown <tbrown@braverangels.org>; Steve Whitaker <swhitaker@braverangels.org>; Kyle Crider <kcrider@braverangels.org><br />Sent: Monday, February 5, 2024 at 07:36:50 AM CST<br />Subject: My Wishes and Horses Campaign - separate from Braver Angels, or maybe not<br />Dear Theo, Steve, and Kyle:<br />Please be advised that I am trying to get on the ballot as an Independent candidate against Rep. Gary Palmer in the Alabama 6th Congressional district, per <a href="https://al6thcongdist-ihaveuntiljan13.blogspot.com/2024/02/my-wishes-and-horses-campaign.html">Be An Alabama Rootstriker* with Rob Shattuck: My Wishes and Horses Campaign (al6thcongdist-ihaveuntiljan13.blogspot.com)</a>.<br />I provide you this information for whether, separate from Braver Angels, you individually wish to support me in what I am doing, and also for whether a Braver Angels event might be a debate between Rep. Palmer and myself.<br />Rob<div><br /></div><b>Email to constituency interested in Alabama pandemic response</b></div></div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div><div style="text-align: left;">[For how and why the below email addressees were sent the below email, see<b> </b><a href="https://al6thcongdist-ihaveuntiljan13.blogspot.com/2023/03/letter-to-al-state-public-health.html">Be An Alabama Rootstriker* with Rob Shattuck: Letter to AL State Public Health Committee (al6thcongdist-ihaveuntiljan13.blogspot.com)</a>]</div></div></blockquote><div><div>From: Rob Shattuck <rdshatt@aol.com><br />To: mbunting@wsfa.com <mbunting@wsfa.com>; drtank334@gmail.com <drtank334@gmail.com>; eeaton@uab.edu <eeaton@uab.edu>; dwilliamson@alaha.org <dwilliamson@alaha.org>; mjackson@alamedical.org <mjackson@alamedical.org>; ccwilliams@aarp.org <ccwilliams@aarp.org>; robyn@alarise.org <robyn@alarise.org>; edasna@alabamanurses.org <edasna@alabamanurses.org>; perwin@uab.edu <perwin@uab.edu>; mkwhite@uab.edu <mkwhite@uab.edu>; rdfriend@ua.edu <rdfriend@ua.edu>; mmontgomery1@ua.edu <mmontgomery1@ua.edu>; bak0020@auburn.edu <bak0020@auburn.edu>; gen0002@auburn.edu <gen0002@auburn.edu>; arocha@alabamareflector.com <arocha@alabamareflector.com>; wthornton@al.com <wthornton@al.com>; todd@aldailynews.com <todd@aldailynews.com>; will@wbhm.org <will@wbhm.org>; dale@yellowhammernews.com <dale@yellowhammernews.com>; yaffee@yellowhammernews.com <yaffee@yellowhammernews.com>; will.blakely@1819news.com <will.blakely@1819news.com>; erica.thomas@1819news.com <erica.thomas@1819news.com>; admin@alabamapolicy.org <admin@alabamapolicy.org>; larry.stutts@alsenate.gov <larry.stutts@alsenate.gov>; james.giles@wbrc.com <james.giles@wbrc.com>; AlexanderWillis@gmail.com <alexanderwillis@gmail.com>; "alexanderwillis@gmail.com" <alexanderwillis@gmail.com>; jsharp@al.com <jsharp@al.com><br />Sent: Thursday, February 1, 2024 at 05:47:15 PM CST<br />Subject: My reply to Dr. Stewart Tankersley<br />Dr. Stewart Tankersley inquired of me exactly what I was asking of him in my "Please help me get in Rep. Gary Palmer's face about pandemic responses" email that I sent on Tuesday.<br />In response I sent Dr. Tankersley the below email.<br />Thanks.<br />Rob Shattuck<div>----------<br />From: Rob Shattuck <rdshatt@aol.com><br />To: Stewart Tankersley <drtank334@gmail.com><br />Sent: Wednesday, January 31, 2024 at 12:48:11 PM CST<br />Subject: Re: Please help me get in Rep. Gary Palmer's face about pandemic responses<br />Thank you, Stewart.<br />My ongoing posting on <a href="https://al6thcongdist-ihaveuntiljan13.blogspot.com/2023/03/letter-to-al-state-public-health.html">Be An Alabama Rootstriker* with Rob Shattuck: Letter to AL State Public Health Committee (al6thcongdist-ihaveuntiljan13.blogspot.com)</a> seeks the objective of the Alabama state government, Alabama public health authorities, and the Alabama public having a reasonable consensus about the COVID19 pandemic response and about future pandemic responses.<br />I have expressed great dubiousness about such a reasonable consensus happening and am trying to call this to public attention. Being an Independent candidate in the AL 6th Congressional district would, I think, help advance doing that.<br />I don't know who of the many addressees on my emails (including yourself) agrees with my foregoing objective. Those who do and live in the AL 6th Congressional district can obviously help me out. Those who don't live in the 6th Congressional district could help as well by referring this to people they know who live in the 6th Congressional district.<br />I very much appreciate your replying to my emails, because the other addressees basically don't.<br />Sincerely,<br />Rob Shattuck</div><div><br /></div><b>Email to WVUA23</b><br />From: Rob Shattuck <rdshatt@aol.com><br />To: Kay Norred <knorred@wvua23.com><br />Sent: Wednesday, February 7, 2024 at 04:09:21 AM CST<br />Subject: Re: Meeting with WVUA 23<br />Good early morning, Kay.<br />I am working very hard to generate interest in my Wishes and Horses Campaign in the Alabama 6th Congressional district, per <a href="https://al6thcongdist-ihaveuntiljan13.blogspot.com/2024/02/my-wishes-and-horses-campaign.html">Be An Alabama Rootstriker* with Rob Shattuck: My Wishes and Horses Campaign (al6thcongdist-ihaveuntiljan13.blogspot.com)</a>.<br />Tuscaloosa is not in the 6th Congressional district.<br />Accordingly, please let me see how my campaign develops during the next couple of days before trying to schedule a meeting next week with WVUA23, the offer of which by you continuing to be very gratifying and warranting ongoing thanks from me.<br />Sincerely,<br />Rob Shattuck</div><div><br /></div><b>Email to Birmingham Bar Association</b><br />From: Rob Shattuck <rdshatt@aol.com><br />To: Jennifer Buettner <jbuettner@birminghambar.org>; trey.perdue@dentons.com <trey.perdue@dentons.com><br />Sent: Wednesday, February 7, 2024 at 05:49:10 PM CST<br />Subject: Birmingham lawyers and 2024's climactic political battle between Trump and anti-Trumpers<br />Dear Jennifer and Trey,<br />I solicit Birmingham lawyers, through the auspices of the Birmingham Bar Association and the Birmingham Bar Association Young Lawyers Section, to engage with Rep. Gary Palmer and myself in one or more discussions, as 2024's climactic political battle between Trump and anti-Trumpers plays out. <a href="https://al6thcongdist-ihaveuntiljan13.blogspot.com/2024/02/my-wishes-and-horses-campaign.html">Be An Alabama Rootstriker* with Rob Shattuck: My Wishes and Horses Campaign (al6thcongdist-ihaveuntiljan13.blogspot.com)</a>.<br />Thank you very much.<br />Rob Shattuck</div><div><br /></div><b>Email to Birmingham area chambers of commerce</b><br />From: Rob Shattuck <rdshatt@aol.com><br />To: sammons@birminghambusinessalliance.com <sammons@birminghambusinessalliance.com>; director@homewoodchamber.org <director@homewoodchamber.org>; chamber@vestaviahills.org <chamber@vestaviahills.org>; chamberinfo@shelbychamber.net <chamberinfo@shelbychamber.net>; pelhamchamberofcommerce@gmail.com <pelhamchamberofcommerce@gmail.com>; sandra@leedsareachamber.com <sandra@leedsareachamber.com><br />Sent: Wednesday, February 7, 2024 at 06:23:02 PM CST<br />Subject: Birmingham business community and 2024's climactic political battle between Trump and anti-Trumpers<br />Dear local chambers of commerce:<br />I solicit the Birmingham business community, through the auspices of your chambers of commerce, to engage with Rep. Gary Palmer and myself in one or more discussions, as 2024's climactic political battle between Trump and anti-Trumpers plays out. <a href="https://al6thcongdist-ihaveuntiljan13.blogspot.com/2024/02/my-wishes-and-horses-campaign.html">Be An Alabama Rootstriker* with Rob Shattuck: My Wishes and Horses Campaign (al6thcongdist-ihaveuntiljan13.blogspot.com)</a>.<br />Thank you very much.<br />Rob Shattuck<div><br /></div><b>Email to Birmingham churches re Christian nationalism</b><br />From: Rob Shattuck <rdshatt@aol.com><br />To: bstallings@briarwood.org <bstallings@briarwood.org>; mroberts@mbpcusa.org <mroberts@mbpcusa.org>; brittany.smith@canterburyumc.org <brittany.smith@canterburyumc.org>; bbcinfo@brookwood.org <bbcinfo@brookwood.org>; Dawsonchurch Info <info@dawsonchurch.org>; dglass@southhighland.org <dglass@southhighland.org>; kclinton@saint-lukes.com <kclinton@saint-lukes.com>; kayw@mbcc.us <kayw@mbcc.us>; ljones@ipc-usa.org <ljones@ipc-usa.org><br />Sent: Friday, February 9, 2024 at 08:24:23 AM CST<br />Subject: Christian nationalism and Alabama 6th Congressional district<br />Dear Birmingham churches:<br />I have previously intruded on your churches per <a href="https://al6thcongdist-ihaveuntiljan13.blogspot.com/2023/12/alabama-evangelicals-and-kingdom-power.html">Be An Alabama Rootstriker* with Rob Shattuck: Alabama evangelicals and "The Kingdom, the Power and the Glory" (al6thcongdist-ihaveuntiljan13.blogspot.com)</a>.<br />I am intruding on you again by this email informing you that I am trying to get on the ballot as an Independent candidate in the Alabama 6th Congressional district against Rep. Gary Palmer, per <a href="https://al6thcongdist-ihaveuntiljan13.blogspot.com/2024/02/my-wishes-and-horses-campaign.html">Be An Alabama Rootstriker* with Rob Shattuck: My Wishes and Horses Campaign (al6thcongdist-ihaveuntiljan13.blogspot.com)</a>.<br />If I am successful in getting on the ballot, I plan to press Rep. Palmer about Christian nationalism.<br />Sincerely,<br />Rob Shattuck<div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><b>WHAT YOU CAN DO</b></span></div><div>1. If you live in the Alabama 6th Congressional district, sign my ballot access petition for me to be an Independent candidate against Rep. Gary Palmer. </div><div>2. Get signatures by others who live in 6th Congressional district.</div><div>3. Send emails to people you know in the 6th Congressional district urging them to sign my ballot access petition.</div><div>4. On Facebook, share my pinned post at <a href="https://www.facebook.com/rob.shattuck.14">Facebook</a>.</div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><b>MY CAMPAIGNING</b></span></div></div><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Thank you, Dale. I'll send you email indicating what I would like to say if I call in to your show, and you can tell me what of the same you will allow me to say and how many minutes you will allow me.<a href="https://twitter.com/Yaffee?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Yaffee</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/TheJoeyClark?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@TheJoeyClark</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/mattmurphyshow?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@mattmurphyshow</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/SenPhilWilliams?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@SenPhilWilliams</a><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/alpolitics?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#alpolitics</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/al06?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#al06</a></p>— Rob Shattuck (@RobShattuckAL06) <a href="https://twitter.com/RobShattuckAL06/status/1756428350417961345?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 10, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Sam Olson c/o <a href="https://twitter.com/readfreelyAL?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@readfreelyAL</a> <br />Plz read "Email to contact I have at Mountain Brook schools" in "Reaching out" section of <a href="https://t.co/iNDwFYO4xf">https://t.co/iNDwFYO4xf</a>.<br />Then I would like to talk with you.<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/alpolitics?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#alpolitics</a> <br />". . . Alabama parents fight back against library censorship" <a href="https://t.co/WY2keERP03">https://t.co/WY2keERP03</a></p>— Rob Shattuck (@RobShattuckAL06) <a href="https://twitter.com/RobShattuckAL06/status/1756438720599806014?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 10, 2024<br /></a></blockquote><b>Email to Samford University History Department re truth about Trump</b><div>From: Rob Shattuck <rdshatt@aol.com><br />To: jdenhart@samford.edu <jdenhart@samford.edu><br />Cc: "amcewan@samford.edu" <amcewan@samford.edu>; mwithers@samford.edu <mwithers@samford.edu>; jcobia@samford.edu <jcobia@samford.edu>; dburch1@samford.edu <dburch1@samford.edu>; jvance@law.ua.edu <jvance@law.ua.edu><br />Sent: Saturday, February 10, 2024 at 03:06:57 PM CST<br />Subject: Samford University History Department and the truth about Trump<br />Dear Samford University History Department Chair Hartog,<br />I don't think Rep. Gary Palmer is telling the truth about Donald Trump in the Alabama 6th Congressional district.<br />I am trying to tell that truth, per <a href="https://al6thcongdist-ihaveuntiljan13.blogspot.com/2020/02/32-days-until-march-3rd.html">Be An Alabama Rootstriker* with Rob Shattuck: 31 days until March 3rd (al6thcongdist-ihaveuntiljan13.blogspot.com)</a> and <a href="https://al6thcongdist-ihaveuntiljan13.blogspot.com/2023/06/similarities-and-differences-between.html">Be An Alabama Rootstriker* with Rob Shattuck: Similarities and differences between Hitler and Trump (al6thcongdist-ihaveuntiljan13.blogspot.com)</a>.<br />I urge the Samford University History Department to find ways to tell the truth about Trump to the Samford community and to other local communities the Department is able to reach.<br />Thank you for your attention to this email.<br />Sincerely,<br />Rob Shattuck<br />Mountain Brook<br /> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script></div><div><br /></div><b>Email to University of Montevallo History Department re truth about Trump</b><br />From: Rob Shattuck <rdshatt@aol.com><br />To: hultquic@montevallo.edu <hultquic@montevallo.edu><br />Cc: rmartin@cbs42.com <rmartin@cbs42.com>; shannon.isbell@wbrc.com <shannon.isbell@wbrc.com>; Baylor Long <blong@hearst.com>; pamhuff@sbgtv.com <pamhuff@sbgtv.com>; knorred@wvua23.com <knorred@wvua23.com><br />Sent: Sunday, February 11, 2024 at 01:35:59 PM CST<br />Subject: U. of Montevallo History Department and the truth about Trump<br />Dear Dr. Hultquist:<br />I don't think Rep. Gary Palmer is telling the truth about Donald Trump to the Alabama 6th Congressional district.<br />I am trying to tell that truth, per <a href="https://al6thcongdist-ihaveuntiljan13.blogspot.com/2024/02/my-wishes-and-horses-campaign.html">Be An Alabama Rootstriker* with Rob Shattuck: My Wishes and Horses Campaign (al6thcongdist-ihaveuntiljan13.blogspot.com)</a> and <a href="https://al6thcongdist-ihaveuntiljan13.blogspot.com/2023/06/similarities-and-differences-between.html">Be An Alabama Rootstriker* with Rob Shattuck: Similarities and differences between Hitler and Trump (al6thcongdist-ihaveuntiljan13.blogspot.com)</a>.<br />I urge the University of Montevallo History Department to find ways to tell the truth about Trump to the Montevallo university community and to other local communities the Department is able to reach.<br />Thank you very much for your attention to this email.<br />Sincerely,<br />Rob Shattuck<br />Mountain Brook <br /><div><br /></div><div><b>Email to Brannon Buck, President of Alabama State Bar </b></div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div style="text-align: left;">[For background of below email, see<b> </b><a href="https://al6thcongdist-ihaveuntiljan13.blogspot.com/2024/01/alabama-lawyers-pledge-re-aba-task.html">Be An Alabama Rootstriker* with Rob Shattuck: Alabama lawyer's pledge re ABA Task Force for American Democracy (al6thcongdist-ihaveuntiljan13.blogspot.com)</a>]</div></blockquote><div>From: Rob Shattuck <rdshatt@aol.com><br />To: Brannon Buck <bbuck@badhambuck.com><br />Cc: Terri B. Lovell <terri.lovell@alabar.org>; Jennifer Buettner <jbuettner@birminghambar.org><br />Sent: Saturday, February 10, 2024 at 06:57:10 PM CST<br />Subject: I have changed my mind and would like to meet with you<br />Brannon,<br />In your January 24th email, you offered to have a phone conversation with me to discuss my efforts in support of the year-long mission of the American Bar Association Task Force for American Democracy.<br />I replied declining that offer.<br />I have changed my mind, and I would now like to have such a phone conversation, or, even better, to meet with you in person to discuss the matter.<br />Further, I would like to include in our conversation Ms. Jennifer Buettner, Executive Director of the Birmingham Bar Association, if you and she are willing.<br />Please just let me know what is possible.<br />Thanks.<br />Rob Shattuck</div>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en"><a href="https://twitter.com/DemVictoryAL?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@DemVictoryAL</a> <a href="https://t.co/z8szgblxiP">https://t.co/z8szgblxiP</a> indicates how I will take on Rep. Gary Palmer in <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/al06?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#al06</a> on matter of election integrity, voter suppression, etc.<a href="https://t.co/iNDwFYO4xf">https://t.co/iNDwFYO4xf</a><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/alpolitics?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#alpolitics</a> <a href="https://t.co/PNUDjxvbFF">https://t.co/PNUDjxvbFF</a></p>— Rob Shattuck (@RobShattuckAL06) <a href="https://twitter.com/RobShattuckAL06/status/1756107341760450724?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 10, 2024</a></blockquote><b>Email to UAB History Department re truth about Trump</b><br /> From: Rob Shattuck <rdshatt@aol.com><br />To: jwiesen@uab.edu <jwiesen@uab.edu><br />Cc: Christopher Jones <jonesc1@uab.edu>; ppddei@uab.edu <ppddei@uab.edu>; rmartin@cbs42.com <rmartin@cbs42.com>; shannon.isbell@wbrc.com <shannon.isbell@wbrc.com>; Baylor Long <blong@hearst.com>; pamhuff@sbgtv.com <pamhuff@sbgtv.com>; knorred@wvua23.com <knorred@wvua23.com><br />Sent: Monday, February 12, 2024 at 04:22:57 AM CST<br />Subject: UAB History Department and the truth about Trump<br />Dear UAB History Department Chair Wiesen,<br />I don't think Rep. Gary Palmer is telling the truth about Donald Trump to the Alabama 6th Congressional district.<br />I am trying to tell that truth, per <a href="https://al6thcongdist-ihaveuntiljan13.blogspot.com/2024/02/my-wishes-and-horses-campaign.html">Be An Alabama Rootstriker* with Rob Shattuck: My Wishes and Horses Campaign (al6thcongdist-ihaveuntiljan13.blogspot.com)</a> and <a href="https://al6thcongdist-ihaveuntiljan13.blogspot.com/2023/06/similarities-and-differences-between.html">Be An Alabama Rootstriker* with Rob Shattuck: Similarities and differences between Hitler and Trump (al6thcongdist-ihaveuntiljan13.blogspot.com)</a>.<br />I urge the UAB History Department to find ways to tell the truth about Trump to the UAB community and to other local communities the Department is able to reach.<br />Thank you very much for your attention to this email.<br />Sincerely,<br />Rob Shattuck<br />Mountain Brook <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script> <div><br /></div><b>Email to UA History Department re truth about Trump</b><br />From: Rob Shattuck <rdshatt@aol.com><br />To: jrothman@ua.edu <jrothman@ua.edu><br />Cc: jvance@law.ua.edu <jvance@law.ua.edu>; Kay Norred <knorred@wvua23.com><br />Sent: Thursday, February 15, 2024 at 09:24:03 AM CST<br />Subject: University of Alabama History Department and the truth about Trump<br />Dear University of Alabama History Department Chair Rothman,<br />I don't think Rep. Gary Palmer is telling the truth about Donald Trump to the Alabama 6th Congressional district.<br />I am trying to tell that truth, per <a href="https://al6thcongdist-ihaveuntiljan13.blogspot.com/2024/02/my-wishes-and-horses-campaign.html">Be An Alabama Rootstriker* with Rob Shattuck: My Wishes and Horses Campaign (al6thcongdist-ihaveuntiljan13.blogspot.com)</a> and <a href="https://al6thcongdist-ihaveuntiljan13.blogspot.com/2023/06/similarities-and-differences-between.html">Be An Alabama Rootstriker* with Rob Shattuck: Similarities and differences between Hitler and Trump (al6thcongdist-ihaveuntiljan13.blogspot.com)</a>.<br />I have emailed the chairs of the History Departments of UAB, Samford, and the University of Montevallo, urging those History Departments to find ways to tell the truth about Trump to their university communities and to other local communities the History Departments are able to reach.<br />While the University of Alabama is not in the 6th Congressional district, I urge your History Department to do similarly as the UAB, Samford and the University of Montevallo History Departments.<br />As impetus for you, please consider how well the truth about Trump was told or not told in the December GOP presidential debate at the University Alabama.<br />It was reported that an "all-star cast of legislators, government and corporate executives, university administrators, major party donors and industry association chiefs alongside the crowd of GOP officials and national political influencers" attended the debate.<br />Following the debate, I engaged in a fruitless effort to try to get Alabama Republicans who were part of that "all-star cast" to answer the question: "Did Donald Trump engage in insurrection on Jan. 6th?" See <a href="https://al6thcongdist-ihaveuntiljan13.blogspot.com/2023/12/what-will-happen-to-united-states-in.html">Be An Alabama Rootstriker* with Rob Shattuck: Did Donald Trump engage in insurrection on Jan. 6th? (al6thcongdist-ihaveuntiljan13.blogspot.com)</a>.<br />Maybe the University of Alabama History Department has the clout to get Alabama Republicans to answer the foregoing question.<br />Thank you very much for your attention to this email.<br />Sincerely,<br />Rob Shattuck<br />Mountain Brook <div><br /></div><b>Email to GBYR re New York City real estate industry mores and POTUS office</b><br />From: Rob Shattuck <rdshatt@aol.com><br />To: greaterbhamyrs@gmail.com <greaterbhamyrs@gmail.com><br />Cc: rmartin@cbs42.com <rmartin@cbs42.com>; shannon.isbell@wbrc.com <shannon.isbell@wbrc.com>; Baylor Long <blong@hearst.com>; pamhuff@sbgtv.com <pamhuff@sbgtv.com>; knorred@wvua23.com <knorred@wvua23.com>; Mike Wright <mwright@waaytv.com><br />Sent: Saturday, February 17, 2024 at 09:00:32 AM CST<br />Subject: New York City real estate industry mores and the Office of President of United States<br />Dear Greater Birmingham Young Republicans:<br />I am writing to you about Trump's problem of having carried the mores of the New York real estate industry over to the office of the President of the United States, which problem is coming into glaring public view in connection with the New York civil fraud trial.<br />First, let me quote three items of reporting about the civil fraud trial:<br /><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;">1. <a href="https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/trump-ordered-to-pay-354m-in-new-york-fraud-case/ar-BB1ip8NT">Trump ordered to pay $354m in New York fraud case (msn.com)<br /></a>Former President Donald Trump must pay nearly $355m (£281m) to New York state for lying about the values of his properties, a judge has ruled.<br />Trump said "A crooked New York state judge just ruled I have to pay a fine for $350m for having built a perfect company," calling the ruling a political witch hunt."<br />2. <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/29/nyregion/trump-fraud-trial-deutsche-bank.html">Trump Bankers Testify They Did Not Rely on Him When Assessing Net Worth - The New York Times (nytimes.com)</a> (from November)<br />"Bankers whom Donald J. Trump is accused of defrauding testified at his civil fraud trial this week that they did not rely on his embellished claims of wealth, lending support to the central plank of the former president’s defense."<br />The New York attorney general, Letitia James, sued Mr. Trump in 2022 for inflating his net worth on his annual financial statements to receive favorable loans from banks, notably including Deutsche Bank. Before the trial, the judge found that the statements were filled with examples of fraud; the trial will determine any consequences the former president may face.<br />Mr. Trump has protested the premise of the case, insisting that the banks did their own due diligence and that misstatements in the financial documents would not have affected the overall terms of the loans. It follows, his lawyers have argued, that the alleged fraud had no victim.<br />3. <a href="https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/judge-trump-org-defendants-complete-lack-of-contrition-borders-on-pathological/ar-BB1ip2C2">Judge: Trump Org defendants’ ‘complete’ lack of contrition ‘borders on pathological’ (msn.com)<br /></a>Toward the end of his <a href="https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/4473139-trump-354-million-civil-fraud-decision-read/">92-page ruling</a>, Engoron cited the defendants’ refusal to admit to any error.<br />“After some four years of investigation and litigation, the only error (‘inadvertent,’ of course) that they acknowledge is the tripling of the size of the Trump Tower Penthouse, which cannot be gainsaid. Their complete lack of contrition and remorse borders on pathological,” he continued in his decision. “They are accused only of inflating asset values to make more money. The documents prove this over and over again.”<br />“This is a venial sin, not a mortal sin. Defendants did not commit murder or arson. They did not rob a bank at gunpoint. Donald Trump is not Bernard Madoff,” he wrote. “Yet, defendants are incapable of admitting the error of their ways. Instead, they adopt a ‘See no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil’ posture that the evidence belies.”</blockquote>To summarize, the civil fraud trial is bringing glaringly to the public's attention that the mores of the New York City real estate industry are not laudable; for decades Donald Trump swam very well in that environment and engaged in lying deceit and dishonesty that everyone in the industry knew about; Trump was able to parlay his lying, dishonesty and deceit into fortune and fame in New York City and nationally; and Trump today is unable to acknowledge that there was anything wrong with his lying, deceit and dishonesty in his forty years as a real estate operator.<br />With this increased public awareness of Trump's lying, deceit and dishonesty as a real estate operator, I believe it will start to seep into the public's mind that Trump carried the mores and his mentality as a real estate operator over to the office of the President of the United States, and he continued in the Presidency with lying, deceitfulness and dishonesty on a par with his lying, deceitfulness and dishonesty as a New York City real estate operator.<br />Further, just as with Trump's New York City real estate mentality that he built a "perfect company" notwithstanding his egregious lying, deceitfulness and dishonesty, the public's attention will be called to Trump's pathological inability to admit publicly the lying, deceit and dishonesty he practiced as a real estate operator, and Trump now pathologically cannot acknowledge that he has been anything less than perfect in all respects in his Presidency, and that such pathology is dangerous for the country when it is present in the President.<br />The questions is: will Trump's base be able to ignore what is now glaring in their face from the civil fraud case.<br />Maybe so. But maybe not.<br />Track through your own thought processes about this by answering this series of questions according to what you think:<br />1. What are the mores of the New York real estate industry as regards lying, deceit and dishonesty? <br />2, As a New York city operator for 40 years, has Trump been, in the relative scheme of things, a particularly ethical operator? A middle of the road operator in his ethics? Or a notably, if not grossly, unethical real estate operator as regards lying, deceit and dishonesty?<br />3. Did Trump carry over to the office of the President of the United States his New York real estate mentality and unethical practices that resulted in Trump engaging in lying, deceitfulness and dishonesty as President on a par with real estate operator Trump? <br />4. In your own life and work, what are your ethical standards? What do you expect and get from others as to their ethical standards.<br />5. As to New York banks doing due diligence to protect themselves from Trump's lying, deceit, and dishonesty, how much due diligence is there available to the American public to protect itself against Trump's lying, deceitfulness and dishonesty as President of the United States? <br />7. Do you find it acceptable or unacceptable for real estate operator Trump's lying, deceit and dishonesty to be carried over to the office of the President of the United States, particularly taking into account whether the American public has any protection of due diligence the way New York banks had due diligence to protect themselves from Trump's lying, deceitfulness and dishonesty?<br />8. In answering question 7, please particularly consider the danger of Trump' pathology not to be able to acknowledge that he has been anything less than perfect in all respects in his Presidency.<br />I look forward to any response you would care to give to this email.<br />Thank you.<br />Rob Shattuck<br /><div><br /></div><div><b>Email to Birmingham Young Democrats</b></div>From: Rob Shattuck <rdshatt@aol.com><br />To: Birmingham@alayoungdems.com <birmingham@alayoungdems.com><br />Cc: rmartin@cbs42.com <rmartin@cbs42.com>; shannon.isbell@wbrc.com <shannon.isbell@wbrc.com>; Baylor Long <blong@hearst.com>; pamhuff@sbgtv.com <pamhuff@sbgtv.com>; knorred@wvua23.com <knorred@wvua23.com>; Mike Wright <mwright@waaytv.com><br />Sent: Sunday, February 18, 2024 at 06:58:34 AM CST<br />Subject: Me as Independent candidate in 6th Cong'l district in addition to Elizabeth Anderson<br />Dear Birmingham Young Democrats:<br />I wish to make a case for your considering my being an Independent candidate in the 6th Congressional district against Rep. Gary Palmer, in addition to the Democratic candidate Elizabeth Anderson.<br />In February 2020, I wrote in my blog the following:<br />For more than 4 years I have been putting forth argumentation against Rep. Palmer regarding several issues. I have received zero in reply from Rep. Palmer and I have been unable to get public attention to my argumentation that would pressure Rep. Palmer to respond.<br />If I got on the ballot as an Independent candidate in the 2020 6th Congressional district election, I believe Rep. Palmer would be forced to reply to me. <a href="https://al6thcongdist-ihaveuntiljan13.blogspot.com/2020/02/32-days-until-march-3rd.html">Be An Alabama Rootstriker* with Rob Shattuck: 31 days until March 3rd (al6thcongdist-ihaveuntiljan13.blogspot.com)</a>Since February 2020 I have done assiduous blogging, tweeting, and emailing that has brought me to this point of trying to get on the ballot as an Independent candidate against Rep. Gary Palmer again in 2024, per <a href="https://al6thcongdist-ihaveuntiljan13.blogspot.com/2024/02/my-wishes-and-horses-campaign.html">Be An Alabama Rootstriker* with Rob Shattuck: My Wishes and Horses Campaign (al6thcongdist-ihaveuntiljan13.blogspot.com)</a>.<br />This time I additonally say in the preceding link: <br />Given the miserable state of our nation's politics, and its building titanic clash in 2024 over installing Donald Trump as America's Dictator or bringing him down once and for all, I think my Wishes and Horses Campaign is very meritorious from a good citizen, civics perspective and trying to contribute to a salvaging of said miserable state of our politics.<br />I have three main points for you to consider.<br />First, I think, if you review my blog, you will conclude that I will be a forceful candidate if I get on the ballot as an Independent candidate in the 6th Congressional district.<br />Second, I will be forceful on the same side as Elizabeth Anderson and against Gary Palmer on most, if not all, the issues that are important to you and Elizabeth. (If you spot ways that I part company from you and Elizabeth, please call them to my attention.)<br />Third, I will be forceful in trying to overcome locally the extreme polarization in the country and in trying to bridge the partisan divide. In support of that, I refer you to (i) <a href="https://al6thcongdist-ihaveuntiljan13.blogspot.com/2018/02/can-two-sides-talk.html">Be An Alabama Rootstriker* with Rob Shattuck: Can the two sides talk? (al6thcongdist-ihaveuntiljan13.blogspot.com)</a>; (ii) <a href="https://al6thcongdist-ihaveuntiljan13.blogspot.com/2018/01/joint-town-hall-script.html">Be An Alabama Rootstriker* with Rob Shattuck: Joint town hall script (al6thcongdist-ihaveuntiljan13.blogspot.com)</a>; (iii) <a href="https://al6thcongdist-ihaveuntiljan13.blogspot.com/2023/02/braver-angels-birmingham-alliance.html">Be An Alabama Rootstriker* with Rob Shattuck: Braver Angels Birmingham Alliance (al6thcongdist-ihaveuntiljan13.blogspot.com)</a>: and (iv) <a href="https://al6thcongdist-ihaveuntiljan13.blogspot.com/2024/01/come-ye-trumpers-and-anti-trumpers.html">Be An Alabama Rootstriker* with Rob Shattuck: Come ye Trumpers and anti-Trumpers (al6thcongdist-ihaveuntiljan13.blogspot.com)</a>.<br />To conclude, I think there are reasons for Birmingham Young Democrats to desire me on the ballot in the 6th Congressional district as well as Elizabeth Anderson as the Democratic candidate, and I hope some Birmingham Young Democrats will sign my ballot access petition for me to get on the ballot.<br />Thank you very much.<br />Sincerely,<br />Rob Shattuck<br />Mountain Brook<br /><div><br /></div><b>Email to chambers of commerce re "New York City real estate industry mores and the Office of POTUS</b><br />From: Rob Shattuck <rdshatt@aol.com><br />To: sammons@birminghambusinessalliance.com <sammons@birminghambusinessalliance.com>; director@homewoodchamber.org <director@homewoodchamber.org>; chamber@vestaviahills.org <chamber@vestaviahills.org>; chamberinfo@shelbychamber.net <chamberinfo@shelbychamber.net>; pelhamchamberofcommerce@gmail.com <pelhamchamberofcommerce@gmail.com>; sandra@leedsareachamber.com <sandra@leedsareachamber.com><br />Cc: rmartin@cbs42.com <rmartin@cbs42.com>; shannon.isbell@wbrc.com <shannon.isbell@wbrc.com>; Baylor Long <blong@hearst.com>; pamhuff@sbgtv.com <pamhuff@sbgtv.com>; knorred@wvua23.com <knorred@wvua23.com>; Mike Wright <mwright@waaytv.com><br />Sent: Sunday, February 18, 2024 at 10:44:37 AM CST<br />Subject: New York City real estate industry mores and the Office of President of the United States<br />I hope someone at your respective chambers of commerce will read the below email I sent yesterday to the Greater Birmingham Young Republicans.<br />Thank you.<div>[Referenced email to Greater Birmingham Young Republicans is above]</div><div><br /></div><b>Email to History Department chairs re NYC real estate operator as POTUS</b><br />From: Rob Shattuck <rdshatt@aol.com><br />To: jdenhart@samford.edu <jdenhart@samford.edu>; hultquic@montevallo.edu <hultquic@montevallo.edu>; jwiesen@uab.edu <jwiesen@uab.edu>; jrothman@ua.edu <jrothman@ua.edu><br />Cc: rmartin@cbs42.com <rmartin@cbs42.com>; shannon.isbell@wbrc.com <shannon.isbell@wbrc.com>; Baylor Long <blong@hearst.com>; pamhuff@sbgtv.com <pamhuff@sbgtv.com>; knorred@wvua23.com <knorred@wvua23.com>; Mike Wright <mwright@waaytv.com><br />Sent: Tuesday, February 20, 2024 at 04:41:16 AM CST<br />Subject: Your History Departments, Trump truth, and problem of NYC real estate operator as POTUS<br />Dear Professors Hartog, Hultquist, Wiesen and Rothman:<br />This email is in follow up to previous emails I sent urging your respective History Departments to find ways to tell the truth about Donald Trump to your university communities and to other local communities your Departments are able to reach.<br />I think the $355,000,000 civil fraud penalty imposed on Trump has brought glaringly to the fore the problem of New York City real estate operator Trump carrying over to the office of President of United States Trump's longtime practices of lying, deceit and dishonesty in the New York real estate industry.<br />Therre are two aggravated aspects of the problem.<br />First, unlike New York banks that had due diligence protocols to protect themselves from real estate operator Trump's lying, deceit and dishonesty, the American public does not have a comparable due diligence protocol to protect itself from a President Trump's lying, deceit and dishonesty.<br />Second, there is a difference between a real estate operator who pathologically says nothing he ever did was wrong and a President who pathologically says that nothing he ever did was wrong. To wit, the societal harm that such a pathological real estate operator can cause is very small, compared to the enormous national harm that such a pathological President can cause.<br />As my previous emails to you indicated, I am literally campaigning in the Alabama 6th Congressional district to push into the public's awareness the truth about Trump, including the problem of New York City real estate operator Trump carrying over to the office of President of United States his longtime practices of lying, deceit and dishonesty in the New York real estate industry.<br />To that end, I am copying Alabama TV stations on this email, as I have done previously.<br />Thank you.<br />Rob Shattuck<br />Mountain Brook<br /><div><br /></div><b>Email reply to Jon Anderson, Hoover Sun</b><br />From: Rob Shattuck <rdshatt@aol.com><br />To: Jon Anderson <janderson@starnesmedia.com><br />Cc: rmartin@cbs42.com <rmartin@cbs42.com>; shannon.isbell@wbrc.com <shannon.isbell@wbrc.com>; Baylor Long <blong@hearst.com>; pamhuff@sbgtv.com <pamhuff@sbgtv.com>; knorred@wvua23.com <knorred@wvua23.com>; Mike Wright <mwright@waaytv.com><br />Sent: Wednesday, February 21, 2024 at 05:26:59 PM CST<br />Subject: Re: Wilkins, McFeeters challenge Palmer in Congressional District 6 forum<br />Thank you, Jon.<br />I would like to pick up on your having "to remain neutral in political matters and opinions."<br />There is first the "neutrality" of your individual personal biases and interests not affecting your reporting of political matters or your expressing opinions about candidates and political issues.<br />There is also whether journalistic "neutrality" can be compromised by corporate media owners' commercial interests affecting their political news reporting or affecting their editorializing about candidates and political issues.<br />Question: How can Birmingham TV stations be neutral in fulfilling their journalistic obligations when they are receiving thousands of dollars to run Gary Palmer's ads touting himself as having the complete backing of Donald Trump? I think Alabama TV stations have been compromised by the revenues they receive for running political ads, and I have written this up in my blog entry <a href="https://al6thcongdist-ihaveuntiljan13.blogspot.com/2022/11/local-tv-journalism-ethics-and.html">Be An Alabama Rootstriker* with Rob Shattuck: Local TV stations, journalism ethics and political ads (al6thcongdist-ihaveuntiljan13.blogspot.com)</a><br />I also think Alabama TV viewers need help in reaching conclusions about candidates and political issues, and I have written about this as well in <a href="https://al6thcongdist-ihaveuntiljan13.blogspot.com/2022/07/al-tv-viewers-need-help-reaching-their.html">Be An Alabama Rootstriker* with Rob Shattuck: AL TV viewers need help reaching their conclusions (al6thcongdist-ihaveuntiljan13.blogspot.com)</a>.<br />Last October, I solicited retired Alabama TV personages Janet Hall, Don Dailey and Rick Karle to use their retirement freedom to push for Alabama TV stations to better perform their journalistic obligations, per <a href="https://al6thcongdist-ihaveuntiljan13.blogspot.com/2023/10/can-retired-alabama-tv-news-personages.html">Be An Alabama Rootstriker* with Rob Shattuck: Can retired AL TV news personages help improve AL TV news journalism? (al6thcongdist-ihaveuntiljan13.blogspot.com)</a>.<br />Janet Hall and Scott Richards, who recently died suddenly, were longtime colleague at WBRC, and I would like to suggest that a way for Janet and WBRC to honor Scott Richards would be for them to take up things I say In the above links.<br />In addition to my above contacting of Alabama TV stations, currently I am trying to inform ABC3340, CBS42, WVTM13 and WBRC of my efforts to get on the ballot in the 6th Congressional district. I do not know whether they are paying any attention. WVUA23 in Tuscaloosa showed an interest in my coming to talk with their editorial board, but, Tuscaloosa not being in the 6th Congressional district, I have not taken up WVUA23 on the suggestion. Also, Mike Wright of WAAY TV in Huntsville has twice said to me he would like to meet up with me when he comes to Birmingham.<br />I am copying the foregoing TV stations on this email for whatever effect it may have regarding the foregoing matters.<br />Rob Shattuck<br />
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en"><a href="https://twitter.com/jgray78?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@jgray78</a><br />Will you or won't you encourage me in my effort to get on ballot as an Independent candidate in the 6th Congressional district, so I can get in Rep. Gary Palmer's face about whether he is proponent of "Seven Mountain Mandate"?<a href="https://t.co/iNDwFYOCmN">https://t.co/iNDwFYOCmN</a><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/alpolitics?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#alpolitics</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/al06?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#al06</a> <a href="https://t.co/lwV7ocqI48">https://t.co/lwV7ocqI48</a></p>— Rob Shattuck (@RobShattuckAL06) <a href="https://twitter.com/RobShattuckAL06/status/1760689098782839093?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 22, 2024</a></blockquote><b>Blatant political solicitation of the UAB School of Public Health</b><br /> From: Rob Shattuck <rdshatt@aol.com><br />To: Paul C. Erwin <perwin@uab.edu><br />Cc: mslay@uab.edu <mslay@uab.edu>; eeaton@uab.edu <eeaton@uab.edu>; dwilliamson@alaha.org <dwilliamson@alaha.org>; mjackson@alamedical.org <mjackson@alamedical.org>; ccwilliams@aarp.org <ccwilliams@aarp.org>; robyn@alarise.org <robyn@alarise.org>; edasna@alabamanurses.org <edasna@alabamanurses.org>; mkwhite@uab.edu <mkwhite@uab.edu>; jmm2@uab.edu <jmm2@uab.edu>; MARIE-CARMELLE <melie@uabmc.edu>; ddgreen@uab.edu <ddgreen@uab.edu>; sgweinacker@uabmc.edu <sgweinacker@uabmc.edu>; jkerby@uabmc.edu <jkerby@uabmc.edu><br />Sent: Thursday, February 22, 2024 at 06:18:46 PM CST<br />Subject: Blatant political solicitation of the UAB School of Public Health<br />Dear Dean Erwin:<br />You are Dean of the UAB School of Public Health and Professor in Health Care Organization and Policy.<br />Since 2017 I have been campaigning in a political way regarding public health related polices and laws.<br />In 2017 I involved myself regarding the American Health Care Act, which would have partially repealed the Affordable Care Act (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Health_Care_Act_of_2017">American Health Care Act of 2017 - Wikipedia</a>). This started with my writing to the then Chair of the Health Care Organization and Policy department the email that is set forth in <a href="https://al6thcongdist-ihaveuntiljan13.blogspot.com/2017/03/idiots.html">Be An Alabama Rootstriker* with Rob Shattuck: Does politics make us idiots (al6thcongdist-ihaveuntiljan13.blogspot.com)</a>.<br />Ever since 2017 Trump and the Republicans have had a goal of repealing the Affordable Care Act, and this is continuing in the 2024 elections, per <a href="https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2024/01/16/1224938442/what-would-a-second-trump-presidency-look-like-for-health-care">How Trump might change health policy in the U.S. if he wins again : Shots - Health News : NPR</a>.<br />Other public health related policies and laws about which I have been campaigning in a political way are:<br />1. Gun violence (my campaigning is indicated at <a href="https://al6thcongdist-ihaveuntiljan13.blogspot.com/2023/09/draft-statement-to-birmingham-city.html">Be An Alabama Rootstriker* with Rob Shattuck: Draft statement to Birmingham City Council re gun control laws (al6thcongdist-ihaveuntiljan13.blogspot.com)</a><br />2. Women's health and reproductive rights (my campaigning is indicated at <a href="https://al6thcongdist-ihaveuntiljan13.blogspot.com/2017/10/lets-talk-abortion.html">Be An Alabama Rootstriker* with Rob Shattuck: Let's talk abortion (al6thcongdist-ihaveuntiljan13.blogspot.com)</a>)<br />3. Pandemic response (my campaigning is indicated at <a href="https://al6thcongdist-ihaveuntiljan13.blogspot.com/2023/03/letter-to-al-state-public-health.html">Be An Alabama Rootstriker* with Rob Shattuck: Letter to AL State Public Health Committee (al6thcongdist-ihaveuntiljan13.blogspot.com)</a>)<br />In my campaigning I have sent many emails to UAB professors, others in the UAB community, and non-UAB parties who have a public health involvement.<br />I am currently trying to get on the ballot as an Independent candidate against Rep. Gary Palmer in the Alabama 6th Congressional district, per <a href="https://al6thcongdist-ihaveuntiljan13.blogspot.com/2024/02/my-wishes-and-horses-campaign.html">Be An Alabama Rootstriker* with Rob Shattuck: My Wishes and Horses Campaign (al6thcongdist-ihaveuntiljan13.blogspot.com)</a>.<br />If I get on the ballot, I intend to campaign strenuously against Rep. Palmer about the foregoing public health related policies and laws and other matters.<br />To get on the ballot I need to get ballot access petitions signed.<br />I am sending this email to you, with copies to UAB professors, others in the UAB community, and non-UAB parties whom I have previously emailed, in order to solicit their signing of ballot access petitions for me and/or their contacting others to sign ballot access petitions.<br />Thank you and those whom I have copied on this email for whatever consideration you and they are able to give to this blatant political solicitation.<br />Sincerely,<br />Rob Shattuck<br />Mountain Brook <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en"><a href="https://t.co/03aByP8FuM">https://t.co/03aByP8FuM</a><a href="https://t.co/NfyYyINNJn">https://t.co/NfyYyINNJn</a><br />How passionate is Rep. Gary Palmer about banning DEI wherever and however he can?<br />I will try to press him re same if I get on ballot as Independent candidate in AL 6th Congressional district.<a href="https://t.co/iNDwFYO4xf">https://t.co/iNDwFYO4xf</a><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/alpolitics?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#alpolitics</a> <a href="https://t.co/YCqNPf6DzQ">https://t.co/YCqNPf6DzQ</a></p>— Rob Shattuck (@RobShattuckAL06) <a href="https://twitter.com/RobShattuckAL06/status/1761044992296902775?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 23, 2024</a></blockquote><b>ATTN chambers of commerce: Problem of NYC real estate operator as POTUS</b><br />From: Rob Shattuck <rdshatt@aol.com><br />To: sammons@birminghambusinessalliance.com <sammons@birminghambusinessalliance.com>; director@homewoodchamber.org <director@homewoodchamber.org>; chamber@vestaviahills.org <chamber@vestaviahills.org>; chamberinfo@shelbychamber.net <chamberinfo@shelbychamber.net>; pelhamchamberofcommerce@gmail.com <pelhamchamberofcommerce@gmail.com>; sandra@leedsareachamber.com <sandra@leedsareachamber.com><br />Cc: rmartin@cbs42.com <rmartin@cbs42.com>; shannon.isbell@wbrc.com <shannon.isbell@wbrc.com>; Baylor Long <blong@hearst.com>; pamhuff@sbgtv.com <pamhuff@sbgtv.com>; knorred@wvua23.com <knorred@wvua23.com>; Mike Wright <mwright@waaytv.com>; Jon Anderson <janderson@starnesmedia.com>; chairman@shelbyalgop.org <chairman@shelbyalgop.org><br />Sent: Friday, February 23, 2024 at 11:15:35 AM CST<br />Subject: ATTN chambers of commerce: Problem of NYC real estate operator as POTUS<br />Dear Birmingham chambers of commerce:<br />As Rep. Gary Palmer's many daily TV ads obsessively tout his Trump endorsed candidacy in the 6th Congressional district, I would like to call to the attention of the your chambers of commerce how the $355,000,000 civil fraud penalty imposed on Trump has brought glaringly to the fore the problem of New York City real estate operator Trump carrying over to the office of President of United States Trump's longtime practices of lying, deceit and dishonesty in the New York real estate industry.<br />Therre are two aggravating aspects of the problem.<br />First, unlike New York banks that had due diligence protocols to protect themselves from real estate operator Trump's lying, deceit and dishonesty, the American public does not have a comparable due diligence protocol to protect itself from a President Trump's lying, deceit and dishonesty.<br />Second, there is a difference between a real estate operator who pathologically says nothing he ever did was wrong and a President who pathologically says that nothing he ever did was wrong. To wit, the societal harm that such a pathological real estate operator can cause is very small, compared to the enormous national harm that such a pathological President can cause.<br />I believe that Birmingham chambers of commerce, compared to the general public, are better attuned to how unethical Trump has been in his life and how egregious has been his four decades of lying, deceit and dishonesty as a New York state real estate operator; how Trump carried over to the office of President of the United States and continues in his campaign his decades long practices of lying, deceit and dishonesty; how vulnerable the American public is to Trump's lying, deceit and dishonesty without the public having the protection of due diligence protocols as New York banks have; and the danger of Trump's pathological need to say that nothing he did or does as President is anything less than perfect in all respects and his pathological need not to be presented with any questioning of what he says.<br />Thank you for your attention to this email.<br />Sincerely,<br />Rob Shattuck<br />Mountain Brook<br /> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">For filing in "Explanation of just about everything in U.S. politics today" <a href="https://t.co/xIloy5gkZm">https://t.co/xIloy5gkZm</a><br />and in "My Wishes and Horses Campaign <a href="https://t.co/iNDwFYO4xf">https://t.co/iNDwFYO4xf</a><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/alpolitics?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#alpolitics</a> <a href="https://t.co/JrJj87T4Wu">https://t.co/JrJj87T4Wu</a></p>— Rob Shattuck (@RobShattuckAL06) <a href="https://twitter.com/RobShattuckAL06/status/1761701291791692084?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 25, 2024</a></blockquote><b>Email "Blatant political solicitation of DEI offices at Alabama public universities"</b><br /> From: Rob Shattuck <rdshatt@aol.com><br />To: bryan.samuel@uah.edu <bryan.samuel@uah.edu>; tbc0028@auburn.edu <tbc0028@auburn.edu>; Paulette Patterson Dilworth <ppddei@uab.edu>; christine.taylor@ua.edu <christine.taylor@ua.edu>; mmitchell@southalabama.edu <mmitchell@southalabama.edu>; ddei@una.edu <ddei@una.edu>; gsamuels@montevallo.edu <gsamuels@montevallo.edu>; diversity@jsu.edu <diversity@jsu.edu>; diversity@aum.edu <diversity@aum.edu>; Richard.Collie@athens.edu <richard.collie@athens.edu><br />Cc: erin.davis@wsfa.com <erin.davis@wsfa.com>; taylor.pollock@wbrc.com <taylor.pollock@wbrc.com><br />Sent: Sunday, February 25, 2024 at 11:58:50 AM CST<br />Subject: Blatant political solicitation of DEI offices at Alabama public universities<br />Dear Drs. Samuel, Clayton, Dilworth, Taylor, Mitchell, Samuels, Vann, and Collie; and other DEI officers:<br />This email is prompted by the bill that was passed last week by the Alabama Senate banning state funding for DEI programs and offices.<a href="https://www.wsfa.com/2024/02/24/alabama-senate-passes-bill-banning-state-funding-dei-programs-offices/"> https://www.wsfa.com/2024/02/24/alabama-senate-passes-bill-banning-state-funding-dei-programs-offices/</a><br /> I am seeking to get on the ballot as an Independent candidate against Rep. Gary Palmer in the Alabama 6th Congressional district, per <a href="https://al6thcongdist-ihaveuntiljan13.blogspot.com/2024/02/my-wishes-and-horses-campaign.html">Be An Alabama Rootstriker* with Rob Shattuck: My Wishes and Horses Campaign (al6thcongdist-ihaveuntiljan13.blogspot.com)</a><br />You can start to get a sense of where I stand on DEI by reading <a href="https://al6thcongdist-ihaveuntiljan13.blogspot.com/2021/10/explanation-of-just-about-everything-in.html">Be An Alabama Rootstriker* with Rob Shattuck: Explanation of just about everything in U.S. politics today (al6thcongdist-ihaveuntiljan13.blogspot.com)</a>.<br />For me, overarching DEI is the extreme polarization in America, which I am trying hard to lessen. See (i) <a href="https://al6thcongdist-ihaveuntiljan13.blogspot.com/2018/02/can-two-sides-talk.html">Be An Alabama Rootstriker* with Rob Shattuck: Can the two sides talk? (al6thcongdist-ihaveuntiljan13.blogspot.com)</a>, (ii) <a href="https://al6thcongdist-ihaveuntiljan13.blogspot.com/2018/01/joint-town-hall-script.html">Be An Alabama Rootstriker* with Rob Shattuck: Joint town hall script (al6thcongdist-ihaveuntiljan13.blogspot.com)</a> and (iii) <a href="https://al6thcongdist-ihaveuntiljan13.blogspot.com/2024/01/come-ye-trumpers-and-anti-trumpers.html">Be An Alabama Rootstriker* with Rob Shattuck: Come ye Trumpers and anti-Trumpers (al6thcongdist-ihaveuntiljan13.blogspot.com)</a>.<br />If I get on the ballot in the 6th Congressional district, I will strenuously endeavor to engage Rep. Palmer about America's polarization problem and about how passionate he is about banning DEI wherever and however he can. <a href="https://twitter.com/RobShattuckAL06/status/1761044992296902775">Rob Shattuck on X: "https://t.co/03aByP8FuM https://t.co/NfyYyINNJn</a><br />To get on the ballot I need 3000+ signatures by March 5th.<br />If you think I would bring a beneficial voice to Alabama politics during the next 9 months as an Independent candidate in the 6th Congressional district, please use your contacts to reach out to voters in the 6th district to sign my ballot access petition.<br />Interestingly, this past Wednesday, UAB students started a petition against the aforesaid Alabama Senate bill, <a href="https://www.wbrc.com/2024/02/24/uab-students-react-bill-that-would-limit-diversity-inclusion-programs-public-alabama-universities/">https://www.wbrc.com/2024/02/24/uab-students-react-bill-that-would-limit-diversity-inclusion-programs-public-alabama-universities/</a>, and the petition currently has 3463 signatures. <a href="https://www.change.org/p/oppose-sb-129-protect-diversity-equity-and-inclusion-in-public-universities-in-alabama?original_footer_petition_id=37779691&algorithm=promoted&source_location=petition_footer&grid_position=2&pt=AVBldGl0aW9uAN9NQgIAAAAAZdgQo1Iknlg5ZDVkNzA3MA%3D%3D">Petition · Oppose SB 129 - Protect Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Public Universities in Alabama · Change.org</a>.<br />Thank you for considering this blatant political solicitation.<br />Sincerely,<br />Rob Shattuck<br />Mountain Brook <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script> Rob Shattuckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02707865352312442808noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7154436047525645.post-32439470804458719482024-01-22T06:52:00.009-06:002024-02-29T18:30:33.915-06:00Let's go Alabamians for Nikki Haley<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en"><a href="https://twitter.com/justinforbama?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@justinforbama</a> <br />I'll be going to war for Nikki Haley during the next six weeks.<br />Wanna mix it up?<a href="https://t.co/dN4k2tnwPw">https://t.co/dN4k2tnwPw</a><a href="https://t.co/rXJnw4qnx4">https://t.co/rXJnw4qnx4</a><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/alpolitics?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#alpolitics</a> <a href="https://t.co/jwqZHly7Qn">https://t.co/jwqZHly7Qn</a></p>— Rob Shattuck (@RobShattuckAL06) <a href="https://twitter.com/RobShattuckAL06/status/1749415448137941410?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 22, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">I think an Alabama Republican woman, "fighting for families and staying true to herself," would choose Nikki Haley over Donald Trump.<a href="https://t.co/rXJnw4qnx4">https://t.co/rXJnw4qnx4</a><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/alpolitics?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#alpolitics</a> <a href="https://t.co/Bto7taGUnp">https://t.co/Bto7taGUnp</a> via <a href="https://twitter.com/yhn?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@yhn</a></p>— Rob Shattuck (@RobShattuckAL06) <a href="https://twitter.com/RobShattuckAL06/status/1750041251901018243?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 24, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">I signed up to be a digital captain and a grassroots organizer.<a href="https://t.co/rXJnw4qVmC">https://t.co/rXJnw4qVmC</a><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Haley2024?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Haley2024</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/alpolitics?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#alpolitics</a> <a href="https://t.co/d3zWoQauip">https://t.co/d3zWoQauip</a></p>— Rob Shattuck (@RobShattuckAL06) <a href="https://twitter.com/RobShattuckAL06/status/1750108371074826695?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 24, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">May thousands and thousands of Alabama women join Women for Nikki.<a href="https://t.co/rXJnw4qnx4">https://t.co/rXJnw4qnx4</a><a href="https://t.co/qLaoErr6Ot">https://t.co/qLaoErr6Ot</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/alpolitics?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#alpolitics</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/haley2024?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#haley2024</a></p>— Rob Shattuck (@RobShattuckAL06) <a href="https://twitter.com/RobShattuckAL06/status/1750297368589693027?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 24, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">I have donated $1000 to Nikki Haley.<a href="https://t.co/rXJnw4qnx4">https://t.co/rXJnw4qnx4</a><br /> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/alpolitics?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#alpolitics</a></p>— Rob Shattuck (@RobShattuckAL06) <a href="https://twitter.com/RobShattuckAL06/status/1750666098981151185?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 25, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Let's go Alabamians for Nikki Haley!<a href="https://t.co/rXJnw4qVmC">https://t.co/rXJnw4qVmC</a><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/alpolitics?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#alpolitics</a> <a href="https://t.co/gmcoiP5WfV">https://t.co/gmcoiP5WfV</a></p>— Rob Shattuck (@RobShattuckAL06) <a href="https://twitter.com/RobShattuckAL06/status/1752707383925862752?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 31, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Let's go Alabamians for Nikki Haley! <a href="https://t.co/rXJnw4qnx4">https://t.co/rXJnw4qnx4</a><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/alpolitics?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#alpolitics</a><a href="https://t.co/2RrPWvQAPV">https://t.co/2RrPWvQAPV</a></p>— Rob Shattuck (@RobShattuckAL06) <a href="https://twitter.com/RobShattuckAL06/status/1756473544395936247?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 11, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Let's go Alabamians for Nikki Haley <a href="https://t.co/rXJnw4qnx4">https://t.co/rXJnw4qnx4</a><br>"Michigan takeaways: Presidential primaries show warning signs for Trump and Biden"<a href="https://t.co/MTMaPIvbDZ">https://t.co/MTMaPIvbDZ</a><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/alpolitics?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#alpolitics</a></p>— Rob Shattuck (@RobShattuckAL06) <a href="https://twitter.com/RobShattuckAL06/status/1762797318867124387?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 28, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>Rob Shattuckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02707865352312442808noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7154436047525645.post-91700799999053063252024-01-15T08:30:00.011-06:002024-01-25T19:08:05.940-06:00Come ye Trumpers and anti-Trumpers <p><span style="font-size: medium;">Let us gather together and talk to one another.</span></p><div><br /></div><b>Emails with UAB</b><br />From: Rob Shattuck <rdshatt@aol.com><br />To: Jones, Christopher <jonesc1@uab.edu><br />Cc: Dilworth, Paulette Patterson <ppddei@uab.edu><br />Sent: Wednesday, January 10, 2024 at 11:51:26 AM CST<br />Subject: Re: UAB and the American Bar Association Task Force for American Democracy<br />Thank you, Dr. Jones, for UAB spending the time to make a decision on this.<br />Come November, we will all know better about the peril that American Democracy is in or is not in, and whether enough has been done or has not been done in 2024 to save it.<br />Rob Shattuck<div>------------<br />On Tuesday, January 9, 2024 at 03:16:16 PM CST, Jones, Christopher <jonesc1@uab.edu> wrote:<br />Dear Mr. Shattuck,<br />We appreciate your interest in partnering with UAB and sharing your work with the Task Force for American Democracy. We decided to take our Critical Conversations program in a different direction. We wish you much success in your future endeavors.<br />Sincerely,<br />Chris Jones, PhD. | Assistant Vice President for Campus and Community Engagement<br />Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion<br />UAB | The University of Alabama at Birmingham<br />401 Campbell Hall | Mailing: AB 336G, 1720 2nd Ave S | Birmingham, AL 35294-0103<br />P: 205.934.8388 | <a href="mailto:jonesc1@uab.edu">jonesc1@uab.edu</a></div><div>----------------<br />From: Rob Shattuck <rdshatt@aol.com><br />Sent: Tuesday, January 2, 2024 8:06 AM<br />To: Office of the President <president@uab.edu><br />Cc: Jones, Christopher <jonesc1@uab.edu><br />Subject: UAB and the American Bar Association Task Force for American Democracy<br />Dear President Watts:<br />I have previously been in touch with Dr. Christopher Jones, Assistant Vice President for Campus & Community Engagement, about the holding of a conversation event at UAB related to the American Bar Association's "Task Force for American Democracy" and its Mission Statement that appears at <a href="https://www.americanbar.org/groups/leadership/office_of_the_president/american-democracy/overview/">https://www.americanbar.org/groups/leadership/office_of_the_president/american-democracy/overview/</a>.<br />As the 2024 election cycle progresses, I have contacted the Presidents of Dartmouth College, the University of Iowa, the University of New Hampshire, the University of South Carolina and Clemson University, urging them to speak to their communities in support of the American Bar Association Task Force for American Democracy's mission. For information on this, please read <a href="https://al6thcongdist-ihaveuntiljan13.blogspot.com/2023/12/iowa-caucuses-new-hampshire-primary.html">https://al6thcongdist-ihaveuntiljan13.blogspot.com/2023/12/iowa-caucuses-new-hampshire-primary.html</a>.<br />In light of the perilous condition of the United States, and the importance of democracy for moving through said perilous condition, I think you should use the mission of the American Bar Association Task Force for American Democracy as the basis of a statement by you to the UAB community in the vein of what I have suggested above. I hope you agree.<br />Thank you for your consideration of this email.<br />Sincerely,<br />Rob Shattuck<br />Mountain Brook</div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>Email to Auburn Political Science Department Chair</b><br />From: Rob Shattuck <rdshatt@aol.com><br />To: Cathleen Erwin <coe0001@auburn.edu><br />Sent: Saturday, January 13, 2024 at 02:17:13 AM CST<br />Subject: "Come November, we will all know better"- American Bar Association Task Force for American Democracy<br />Dear Professor Erwin<br />This email is in follow up to the January 1st email I sent to President Roberts, with a copy to you, about the holding of a conversation event at Auburn related to the American Bar Association's "Task Force for American Democracy" and its Mission Statement that appears at <a href="https://www.americanbar.org/groups/leadership/office_of_the_president/american-democracy/our-work/">[</a><a href="https://www.americanbar.org/groups/leadership/office_of_the_president/american-democracy/our-work/">https://www.americanbar.org/groups/leadership/office_of_the_president/american-democracy/our-work/</a>]<br />For your information, per the below email interchange, UAB has passed on this.<br />I repeat what I said to Dr. Jones: ("Come November, we will all know better about the peril that American Democracy is in or is not in, and whether enough has been done or has not been done in 2024 to save it.") and express hope that Auburn still has the suggestion conversation event under consideration and will decide in favor of holding such an event.<br />Thanks.<br />Rob Shattuck<div><br /></div><b>Email to Samford professors and law school dean</b><br />From: Rob Shattuck <rdshatt@aol.com><br />To: amcewan@samford.edu <amcewan@samford.edu>; mwithers@samford.edu <mwithers@samford.edu>; jcobia@samford.edu <jcobia@samford.edu>; dburch1@samford.edu <dburch1@samford.edu><br />Sent: Saturday, January 13, 2024 at 09:24:36 PM CST<br />Subject: "Come November, we will all know better"- American Bar Association Task Force for American Democracy<br />Dear Professors Ewan, Witherspoon and Cobia and Dean Hudson: <br />This email is in follow up to the January 2nd email I sent to President Taylor, with a copy to you, about the holding of a conversation event at Samford related to the American Bar Association's "Task Force for American Democracy" and its Mission Statement that appears at <a href="https://www.americanbar.org/groups/leadership/office_of_the_president/american-democracy/our-work/">https://www.americanbar.org/groups/leadership/office_of_the_president/american-democracy/our-work/</a>.<br />For your information, per the below email interchange, UAB has passed on this.<br />I repeat what I said to Dr. Jones: ("Come November, we will all know better about the peril that American Democracy is in or is not in, and whether enough has been done or has not been done in 2024 to save it.") and express hope that Samford still has the suggested conversation event under consideration and will decide in favor of holding such an event.<br />Thanks.<br />Rob Shattuck<br /></div>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Come ye Trumpers and anti-Trumpers.<br />Let us gather together and talk to one another.<a href="https://t.co/dN4k2tnwPw">https://t.co/dN4k2tnwPw</a><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/alpolitics?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#alpolitics</a> <a href="https://t.co/no5IhR9Cyk">https://t.co/no5IhR9Cyk</a></p>— Rob Shattuck (@RobShattuckAL06) <a href="https://twitter.com/RobShattuckAL06/status/1746914306485080217?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 15, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Come ye Trumpers and anti-Trumpers.<br />Let us gather together and talk to one another.<a href="https://t.co/dN4k2tnwPw">https://t.co/dN4k2tnwPw</a><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/alpolitics?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#alpolitics</a> <a href="https://t.co/q5Duxl6jCy">https://t.co/q5Duxl6jCy</a></p>— Rob Shattuck (@RobShattuckAL06) <a href="https://twitter.com/RobShattuckAL06/status/1747005757227221328?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 15, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Come ye Trumpers (including you <a href="https://twitter.com/KatieBrittforAL?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@KatieBrittforAL</a>) and ye anti-Trumpers.<br />Let us gather together and talk to one another.<a href="https://t.co/dN4k2tnwPw">https://t.co/dN4k2tnwPw</a><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/alpolitics?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#alpolitics</a> <a href="https://t.co/zMf8ZZQ7Ws">https://t.co/zMf8ZZQ7Ws</a></p>— Rob Shattuck (@RobShattuckAL06) <a href="https://twitter.com/RobShattuckAL06/status/1747216183844057367?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 16, 2024</a></blockquote><b>Email urging using this in "Dartmouth Dialogues"</b><br />From: Rob Shattuck <rdshatt@aol.com><br />To: Herschel.S.Nachlis@dartmouth.edu <herschel.s.nachlis@dartmouth.edu>; Elizabeth.F.Smith@Dartmouth.EDU <elizabeth.f.smith@dartmouth.edu>; Kristi.L.Clemens@Dartmouth.edu <kristi.l.clemens@dartmouth.edu><br />Cc: Robert B. Coates <robert.b.coates@dartmouth.edu>; Linda L. Fowler <linda.l.fowler@dartmouth.edu><br />Sent: Tuesday, January 16, 2024 at 07:07:00 AM CST<br />Subject: Rep. Jamie Raskin's "Democracy vs. Autocracy in 2024"; Dartmouth Dialogues<br />Dear Professor Nachlis, Dean Smith, and Ms. Clemens:<br />I am addressing this email to Professor Nachlis because he is identified as the moderator of the January 8th discussion by Rep. Jamie Raskin of "the historic stakes of the 2024 election, and its potential impact on the future of American democracy," and to Dean Smith and Ms. Clemens because they are co-leaders of the newly announced Dartmouth Dialogues initiative and its Dialogues Project.<br />I have previously been in touch with Mr. Robert Coates and Professor Linda Fowler, and even sent a December 25th email to President Beilock related to the Cheney and Raskin speaking events, urging her to issue a statement to the College calling attention to the perilous condition the United States is in, the importance of democracy in the country's moving through said perilous condition, and the special opportunity the Dartmouth community has in January to have much timely conversation about democracy. (You can find emails at <a href="https://al6thcongdist-ihaveuntiljan13.blogspot.com/2023/12/iowa-caucuses-new-hampshire-primary.html">Be An Alabama Rootstriker* with Rob Shattuck: Iowa caucuses; NH and SC primaries (al6thcongdist-ihaveuntiljan13.blogspot.com)</a>.<br />President Beilock's January 3rd "Winter welcome" email to the Dartmouth community sets its theme with the words "we continue to face conflict around the world and deep divisions here in the U.S." and announces there will be a rolling out of a "Dartmouth Dialogues” initiative. President Beilock's January 10th update formally announces "Dartmouth Dialogues" as "our shared commitment to expanding programming across the institution dedicated to facilitating conversations and skills that bridge political and personal divides."<br />In Alabama, I am making a simple plea of "Come ye Trumpers and anti-Trumpers, let us gather together and talk to one another." <a href="https://al6thcongdist-ihaveuntiljan13.blogspot.com/2024/01/come-ye-trumpers-and-anti-trumpers.html">Be An Alabama Rootstriker* with Rob Shattuck: Come ye Trumpers and anti-Trumpers (al6thcongdist-ihaveuntiljan13.blogspot.com)</a><br />I suggest that the foregoing simple plea could be made a component in the Dialogues Project.<br />Thank you for reading this email and considering making the foregoing simple plea a component in the Dialogues Project.<br />Sincerely,<br />Rob Shattuck<br />Class of 1969 <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Gathering ye Trumpers and anti-Trumpers to talk to one another.<br>Anti-Trumper: He is a disgusting pig and I would never, ever vote for him.<br>Trumper: He is my disgusting pig, and nothin's stoppin' me from voting for him 'til kingdom come.<a href="https://t.co/dN4k2tnwPw">https://t.co/dN4k2tnwPw</a><br> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/alpolitics?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#alpolitics</a></p>— Rob Shattuck (@RobShattuckAL06) <a href="https://twitter.com/RobShattuckAL06/status/1750686425413005756?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 26, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>Rob Shattuckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02707865352312442808noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7154436047525645.post-43907945233447565392024-01-04T03:22:00.048-06:002024-02-20T02:55:30.456-06:00Alabama lawyer's pledge re ABA Task Force for American Democracy<div style="text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>ALABAMA LAWYER'S PLEDGE REGARDING </b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION TASK FORCE FOR AMERICAN DEMOCRACY</b></div>I am a member of the Alabama State Bar.<br />I have read the Mission Statement of the American Bar Association Task Force for American Democracy that is set out at <a href="https://www.americanbar.org/groups/leadership/office_of_the_president/american-democracy/our-work/">https://www.americanbar.org/groups/leadership/office_of_the_president/american-democracy/our-work/</a> and also the December 2023 statement "Working to Ensure an Enduring American Democracy" issued by Mary L. Smith, President of the American Bar Association that is set out at <a href="https://www.americanbar.org/groups/business_law/resources/business-law-today/2023-december/working-to-ensure-enduring-american-democracy/">https://www.americanbar.org/groups/business_law/resources/business-law-today/2023-december/working-to-ensure-enduring-american-democracy/</a>.<div>I as a lawyer support what the American Bar Association Task Force for American Democracy is doing. I individually will try to advance what the Task Force is doing by, among other things, (i) calling to the attention of other Alabama lawyers what the Task Force is doing and urging them to likewise support what the Task Force is doing, (ii) talking with Alabamians who are not lawyers about what the Task Force is doing, and (iii) engaging in, and lending help to, such activities and communications as I think constructively contribute to what the Task Force is doing.</div><div>Rob Shattuck</div><div>Mountain Brook, AL</div><div><br /></div><b><div><b><br /></b></div>Email to Alabama State Bar</b><br />From: Rob Shattuck <rdshatt@aol.com><br />To: Terri B. Lovell <terri.lovell@alabar.org><br />Cc: bill.ide@akerman.com <bill.ide@akerman.com>; marty@mitchellmeadows.com <marty@mitchellmeadows.com>; emyang@wstrongllc.com <emyang@wstrongllc.com><br />Sent: Thursday, January 4, 2024 at 04:59:21 AM CST<br />Subject: Alabama Lawyer President's Page and ABA Task Force for American Democracy<br />Dear Terri,<br />I have read the President's Page in the November 2023 issue of the <i>Alabama Lawyer</i>.<br />I think the ABA Task Force for American Democracy warrants a President's Page discussion by President Buck in such next issue of the <i>Alabama Lawyer</i> as is possible for President Buck to do.<br />In the meantime, I have drafted and will be circulating the "Alabama lawyer's pledge re ABA Task Force for American Democracy" that is set out at <a href="https://al6thcongdist-ihaveuntiljan13.blogspot.com/2024/01/alabama-lawyers-pledge-re-aba-task.html">https://al6thcongdist-ihaveuntiljan13.blogspot.com/2024/01/alabama-lawyers-pledge-re-aba-task.html</a>.<br />I continue desirous of engaging with the Alabama State Bar about the ABA Task Force for American Democracy. Just please communicate with me.<br />Sincerely,<br />Rob Shattuck<div><br /></div><b>Email to Birmingham, Huntsville, Montgomery and Mobile bar associations</b><br />From: Rob Shattuck <rdshatt@aol.com><br />To: Jennifer Buettner <jbuettner@birminghambar.org>; mckinney@watsonmckinney.com <mckinney@watsonmckinney.com>; suzanneduffey@mc-ala.org <suzanneduffey@mc-ala.org>; flatta@burr.com <flatta@burr.com><br />Sent: Thursday, January 4, 2024 at 05:46:13 PM CST<br />Subject: Alabama lawyer's pledge re ABA Task Force for American Democracy<br />Please consider publicizing to your Birmingham, Huntsville, Montgomery and Mobile bar association members the "ALABAMA LAWYER'S PLEDGE REGARDING AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION TASK FORCE FOR AMERICAN DEMOCRACY" that is set out at <a href="https://al6thcongdist-ihaveuntiljan13.blogspot.com/2024/01/alabama-lawyers-pledge-re-aba-task.html">https://al6thcongdist-ihaveuntiljan13.blogspot.com/2024/01/alabama-lawyers-pledge-re-aba-task.html</a>.<br />Thank you very much for considering this.<br />Rob Shattuck<br />Mountain Brook<div><br /></div><b>Email to Dartmouth Lawyers Association</b><br />From: Rob Shattuck <rdshatt@aol.com><br />To: Jeff Carton <jcarton@denleacarton.com><br />Cc: cborton@maynardnexsen.com <cborton@maynardnexsen.com>; ddowd@burr.com <ddowd@burr.com><br />Sent: Thursday, January 4, 2024 at 06:28:38 PM CST<br />Subject: Dartmouth Lawyers Association and ABA Task Force for American Democracy<br />Jeff,<br />I don't know whether you still have interest in this matter.<br />In the New Year, I am continuing in Alabama with the "ALABAMA LAWYER'S PLEDGE REGARDING AMRICAN BAR ASSOCIATION TASK FORCE FOR AMERICAN DEMOCRACY" that is set out at <a href="https://al6thcongdist-ihaveuntiljan13.blogspot.com/2024/01/alabama-lawyers-pledge-re-aba-task.html">https://al6thcongdist-ihaveuntiljan13.blogspot.com/2024/01/alabama-lawyers-pledge-re-aba-task.html</a>.<br />I hope you consider something worthy here for the Dartmouth Lawyers Association.<br />Regardless, thanks for your responding previously.<br />Rob<br /><div><div><br /></div><b>Email to Alabama law school deans</b><br />From: Rob Shattuck <rdshatt@aol.com><br />To: wbrewbak@law.ua.edu <wbrewbak@law.ua.edu>; dburch1@samford.edu <dburch1@samford.edu>; sgarrett@bsol.com <sgarrett@bsol.com>; contact@mlaw.edu <contact@mlaw.edu>; ccampbell@faulkner.edu <ccampbell@faulkner.edu><br />Sent: Friday, January 5, 2024 at 04:36:21 PM CST<br />Subject: Law professors and Alabama lawyer's pledge re ABA Task Force for American Democracy<br />Dear Deans Brewbaker, Hudson (c/o dburch1@samford.edu), Garrett, Agee (c/o contact@mlaw.edu), and Campbell:<br />I am circulating to Alabama lawyers the "ALABAMA LAWYER'S PLEDGE REGARDING AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION TASK FORCE FOR AMERICAN DEMOCRACY" that is set out at <a href="https://al6thcongdist-ihaveuntiljan13.blogspot.com/2024/01/alabama-lawyers-pledge-re-aba-task.html">https://al6thcongdist-ihaveuntiljan13.blogspot.com/2024/01/alabama-lawyers-pledge-re-aba-task.html</a>.<br />I hope you will review the pledge and consider whether the pledge is worthy of circulation to law professors at the University of Alabama School of Law, the Cumberland School of Law, the Birmingham School of Law, Miles Law School, and the Thomas Goode Jones School of Law.<br />Thank you for reading this email.<br />Sincerely,<br />Rob Shattuck<br />Mountain Brook<div><br /></div><b>Email to Birmingham Bar Association Young Lawyers Section</b><br />From: Rob Shattuck <rdshatt@aol.com><br />To: trey.perdue@dentons.com <trey.perdue@dentons.com><br />Sent: Friday, January 5, 2024 at 06:20:57 PM CST<br />Subject: Birmingham young lawyers should make pledges re ABA Task Force for American Democracy<br />Trey, please consider publicizing to members of the Birmingham Bar Association Young Lawyers Section the "ALABAMA LAWYER'S PLEDGE REGARDING AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION TASK FORCE FOR AMERICAN DEMOCRACY" that is set out at <a href="https://al6thcongdist-ihaveuntiljan13.blogspot.com/2024/01/alabama-lawyers-pledge-re-aba-task.html">https://al6thcongdist-ihaveuntiljan13.blogspot.com/2024/01/alabama-lawyers-pledge-re-aba-task.html</a><br />Thank you.<br />Rob Shattuck<br />Mountain Brook<br /><div><br /></div><b>Email to ASB past president Robert G. “Bob” Methvin Jr.</b><br />From: Rob Shattuck <rdshatt@aol.com><br />To: rgm@mtattorneys.com <rgm@mtattorneys.com><br />Sent: Friday, January 5, 2024 at 06:38:24 PM CST<br />Subject: As 2020-21 past ASB president, would you please look at within pledge re ABA Task Force for American Democracy?<br />Mr. Methvin:<br />I will be thankful if you could give me your thoughts on the "ALABAMA LAWYER'S PLEDGE REGARDING AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION TASK FORCE FOR AMERICAN DEMOCRACY" that is set out at <a href="https://al6thcongdist-ihaveuntiljan13.blogspot.com/2024/01/alabama-lawyers-pledge-re-aba-task.html">https://al6thcongdist-ihaveuntiljan13.blogspot.com/2024/01/alabama-lawyers-pledge-re-aba-task.html</a>.<br />Thank you very much.<br />Sincerely,<br />Rob Shattuck<br />Mountain Brook<div><br /></div><b>Email to M. Stanford Blanton, Birmingham Business Alliance Executive Committee member</b><br />From: Rob Shattuck <rdshatt@aol.com><br />To: sblanton@balch.com <sblanton@balch.com><br />Sent: Friday, January 5, 2024 at 07:20:44 PM CST<br />Subject: Birmingham business community and American Bar Association Task Force for American Democracy<br />Dear Stan,<br />You are Managing Partner of Balch & Bingham and also on the Executive Committee of the Birmingham Business Alliance.<br />In the "ALABAMA LAWYER'S PLEDGE REGARDING AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION TASK FORCE FOR AMERICAN DEMOCRACY" set out at <a href="https://al6thcongdist-ihaveuntiljan13.blogspot.com/2024/01/alabama-lawyers-pledge-re-aba-task.html">https://al6thcongdist-ihaveuntiljan13.blogspot.com/2024/01/alabama-lawyers-pledge-re-aba-task.html</a>, I express support for what the Task Force is doing, including that I will call to the attention of other Alabama lawyers what the Task Force is doing and urge them to likewise support the same, and I will talk with Alabamians who are not lawyers about what the Task Force is doing.<br />If you agree with what the ABA Task Force for American Democracy is doing, and if you think its work should be called to the attention of the Birmingham business community, you are in a great position to do that. Needless to say, if you are in the affirmative about the foregoing, I hope you will proceed accordingly.<br />Thank you very much for your attention to this email.<br />Sincerely,<br />Rob Shattuck</div><div><br /></div><b>Email to State Bar of Georgia</b><br />From: Rob Shattuck <rdshatt@aol.com><br />To: tony@dglattorneys.com <tony@dglattorneys.com>; icadle@bakerdonelson.com <icadle@bakerdonelson.com>; brittanie.browning@akerman.com <brittanie.browning@akerman.com><br />Cc: bill.ide@akerman.com <bill.ide@akerman.com>; emyang@wstrongllc.com <emyang@wstrongllc.com>; marty@mitchellmeadows.com <marty@mitchellmeadows.com>; Terri B. Lovell <terri.lovell@alabar.org><br />Sent: Saturday, January 6, 2024 at 04:42:35 PM CST<br />Subject: American Bar Association Task Force for American Democracy<br />Dear Mr. DelCampo, Mr. Cadle, and Ms. Browning:<br />In September, I sent you the below email asking whether the State Bar of Georgia would undertake supportive activities regarding the American Bar Association Task Force for American Democracy.<br />I am writing this email in follow up.<br />I see that the 2024 Midyear Meeting of the State Bar of Georgia is scheduled for January 11-13.<br />Has the State Bar of Georgia done anything related to the ABA Task Force for American Democracy?<br />Thank you for any response you can give to me on this.<br />Rob Shattuck<br />(for filing in <a href="https://al6thcongdist-ihaveuntiljan13.blogspot.com/2024/01/alabama-lawyers-pledge-re-aba-task.html">https://al6thcongdist-ihaveuntiljan13.blogspot.com/2024/01/alabama-lawyers-pledge-re-aba-task.html</a>)<div>[referenced "below email" is September 2, 2023 email to addressees posted at <a href="https://al6thcongdist-ihaveuntiljan13.blogspot.com/2023/08/american-bar-association-task-force-for.html">https://al6thcongdist-ihaveuntiljan13.blogspot.com/2023/08/american-bar-association-task-force-for.html</a>]</div><div><br /></div><b>Email to Dean Reed of Georgia State University College of Law</b><br />From: Rob Shattuck <rdshatt@aol.com><br />To: lareed@gsu.edu <lareed@gsu.edu><br />Sent: Saturday, January 6, 2024 at 05:51:32 PM CST<br />Subject: GSU College of Law Presidents’ Reception Honoring Alumni Hon. J. Antonio “Tony” DelCampo and Brittanie Browning<br />Dear Dean Reed:<br />I see that at the Midyear Meeting of the State Bar of Georgia there is a Friday evening GSU College of Law Presidents’ Reception Honoring Alumni Hon. J. Antonio “Tony” DelCampo and Brittanie Browning.<br />I have taken a very active interest in the American Bar Association Task Force for American Democracy and have sent two emails (including one today) to Mr. DelCampo and Ms. Browning about the State Bar of Georgia undertaking supportive activities regarding what the ABA Task Force is doing. These two emails appear below.<br />I hope you support what the ABA Task Force is doing and will express your support in such ways that are available to you.<br />Thank you very much for your attention to this email.<br />Sincerely,<br />Rob Shattuck<br />Mountain Brook, AL<div>[referenced two email are the email immediately above and the September 2, 2023 email referenced therein]</div><div><br /></div><b>Email to Iowa and New Hampshire Bar Associations </b><br />From: Rob Shattuck <rdshatt@aol.com><br />To: ddinkla@iowabar.org <ddinkla@iowabar.org>; pchant@coopercargillchant.com <pchant@coopercargillchant.com>; kmahan@hinckleyallen.com <kmahan@hinckleyallen.com><br />Cc: Terri B. Lovell <terri.lovell@alabar.org>; bill.ide@akerman.com <bill.ide@akerman.com>; marty@mitchellmeadows.com <marty@mitchellmeadows.com>; emyang@wstrongllc.com <emyang@wstrongllc.com><br />Sent: Sunday, January 7, 2024 at 10:51:38 AM CST<br />Subject: ALABAMA LAWYER'S PLEDGE RE AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION TASK FORCE FOR AMERICAN DEMOCRACY<br />Dear Mr. Dinkla, Mr. Chant and Ms. Mahan:<br />In follow up to my previous emails to the Iowa Bar Association and the New Hampshire Bar Association, I pass along to you for consideration my "ALABAMA LAWYER'S PLEDGE REGARDING AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION TASK FORCE FOR AMERICAN DEMOCRACY" that is set out at <a href="https://al6thcongdist-ihaveuntiljan13.blogspot.com/2024/01/alabama-lawyers-pledge-re-aba-task.html">https://al6thcongdist-ihaveuntiljan13.blogspot.com/2024/01/alabama-lawyers-pledge-re-aba-task.html</a>.<br />I hope you will put forth a similar pledge for Iowa lawyers and New Hampshire lawyers to make.<br />Thank you.<br />Sincerely,<br />Rob Shattuck<br />Mountain Brook, AL<div><br /></div><b>Email to Alabama District Attorneys Association</b><br />From: Rob Shattuck <rdshatt@aol.com><br />To: darylbailey@mc-ala.org <darylbailey@mc-ala.org><br />Cc: DAOffice@baldwincountyal.gov <daoffice@baldwincountyal.gov>; Terri B. Lovell <terri.lovell@alabar.org><br />Sent: Sunday, January 7, 2024 at 12:56:17 PM CST<br />Subject: ALABAMA LAWYER'S PLEDGE RE AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION TASK FORCE FOR AMERICAN DEMOCRACY<br />Dear ADAA President Erreck P. Jett (c/o previous President Daryl Bailey),<br />Last year I emailed Mr. Bailey as then President of the Alabama District Attorneys Association regarding the weaponization of the justice system (see <a href="https://al6thcongdist-ihaveuntiljan13.blogspot.com/2023/05/weaponization-of-justice-system.html">https://al6thcongdist-ihaveuntiljan13.blogspot.com/2023/05/weaponization-of-justice-system.html</a>) and also about the American Bar Association Task Force for American Democracy (see <a href="https://al6thcongdist-ihaveuntiljan13.blogspot.com/2023/08/american-bar-association-task-force-for.html">https://al6thcongdist-ihaveuntiljan13.blogspot.com/2023/08/american-bar-association-task-force-for.html</a>).<br />I am circulating to Alabama lawyers an "ALABAMA LAWYER'S PLEDGE REGARDING AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION TASK FORCE FOR AMERICAN DEMOCRACY" that is set out at <a href="https://al6thcongdist-ihaveuntiljan13.blogspot.com/2024/01/alabama-lawyers-pledge-re-aba-task.html">https://al6thcongdist-ihaveuntiljan13.blogspot.com/2024/01/alabama-lawyers-pledge-re-aba-task.html</a>.<br />I think Alabama district attorneys are in a special position to support American democracy, and I hope you will disseminate to the ADAA's members the foregoing pledge for their consideration.<br />Thank you for your attention to this email.<br />Sincerely,<br />Rob Shattuck<br />Mountain Brook<div><br /></div><b>Email to Birmingham Business Alliance</b><br />From: Rob Shattuck <rdshatt@aol.com><br />To: sammons@birminghambusinessalliance.com <sammons@birminghambusinessalliance.com><br />Cc: hduncan@bcatoday.org <hduncan@bcatoday.org>; srose@montgomerychamber.com <srose@montgomerychamber.com>; nhewston@mobilechamber.com <nhewston@mobilechamber.com><br />Sent: Monday, January 8, 2024 at 07:36:04 AM CST<br />Subject: Birmingham business community and American Bar Association Task Force for American Democracy<br />Dear Mr. Ammons,<br />With each passing day, it seems that the work of the American Bar Association Task Force for American Democracy is becoming more critical. and that the business community should be made more aware of it.<br />The Task Force was created because "The efforts to overturn the 2020 election are a warning that democracy in the U.S. is at great risk." (<a href="https://www.americanbar.org/groups/business_law/resources/business-law-today/2023-december/working-to-ensure-enduring-american-democracy/">https://www.americanbar.org/groups/business_law/resources/business-law-today/2023-december/working-to-ensure-enduring-american-democracy/</a>)<br />Please note that Task Force Goal 1 (set out <a href="https://www.americanbar.org/groups/leadership/office_of_the_president/american-democracy/our-work/">https://www.americanbar.org/groups/leadership/office_of_the_president/american-democracy/our-work/</a>) is "Endeavor to restore voter confidence in the integrity of our elections."<br />And then note the news from yesterday that Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.) Stefanik won’t commit to certifying the 2024 election results. <a href="https://www.aol.com/news/stefanik-won-t-commit-certifying-201812256.html">https://www.aol.com/news/stefanik-won-t-commit-certifying-201812256.html</a>.<br />With things so going in the wrong direction, and following the Task Force saying to, "Leverage the legal profession to educate the public on the reasons for, and the importance of, democracy and the rule of law," on Friday, I sent the below email to Stan Blanton, Managing Partner of Balch & Bingham and Executive Committee member of the Birmingham Business Alliance.<br />I hope this email to you helps push forward the foregoing educational objective in the Birmingham business community.<br />Because this applies to all the business community in Alabama, I am copying the Business Council of Alabama, and the Huntsville, Montgomery and Mobile chambers of commerce on this email (except Chip Cherry of the Huntsville chamber will be emailed using their contact form).<br />Thank you.<br />Sincerely,<br />Rob Shattuck<br />Mountain Brook<br /><div>[referenced email to Stan Blanton appears above]</div><div><br /></div><b>Email to Alabama State Bar Young Lawyers Section</b><br />From: Rob Shattuck <rdshatt@aol.com><br />To: cdriver@badhambuck.com <cdriver@badhambuck.com><br />Sent: Monday, January 8, 2024 at 07:42:59 AM CST<br />Subject: ASB Young Lawyers Section and ALABAMA LAWYER'S PLEDGE RE ABA TASK FORCE FOR AMERICAN DEMOCRACY<br />Dear Christopher,<br />You are shown as the Chair of the Alabama State Bar Young Lawyers Section.<br />I don't know whether the Young Lawyers Section can speak and act independently from the parent Alabama State Bar, but here goes:<br />Please see below email I sent to Terri Lovell last Thursday, and consider whether the Young Lawyers Section is in a position to speak or act on its own regarding he "Alabama lawyer's pledge re ABA Task Force for American Democracy" that is set out at <a href="https://al6thcongdist-ihaveuntiljan13.blogspot.com/2024/01/alabama-lawyers-pledge-re-aba-task.html">https://al6thcongdist-ihaveuntiljan13.blogspot.com/2024/01/alabama-lawyers-pledge-re-aba-task.html</a>.<br />Thanks for your consideration of this.<br />Rob Shattuck<br />Mountain Brook<br /><div><br /></div><b>Email to Mecklenburg County Bar (North Carolina)</b><br />From: Rob Shattuck <rdshatt@aol.com><br />To: lcampbell@meckbar.org <lcampbell@meckbar.org><br />Sent: Monday, January 15, 2024 at 07:59:53 AM CST<br />Subject: North Carolina lawyer's pledge re American Bar Association Task Force for American Democracy<br />Please consider a North Carolina lawyer's pledge regarding the American Bar Association Task Force for American Democracy along the lines of the Alabama lawyer's pledge set out at <a href="https://al6thcongdist-ihaveuntiljan13.blogspot.com/2024/01/alabama-lawyers-pledge-re-aba-task.html">https://al6thcongdist-ihaveuntiljan13.blogspot.com/2024/01/alabama-lawyers-pledge-re-aba-task.html</a>.<br />Thank you.<div><br /></div><b>Email to Pennsylvania Bar Association Young Lawyers Division</b><br />From: Rob Shattuck <rdshatt@aol.com><br />To: maria.engles@pabar.org <maria.engles@pabar.org><br />Sent: Monday, January 15, 2024 at 10:05:36 AM CST<br />Subject: Pennsylvania Young Lawyer's pledge re American Bar Association Task Force for American Democracy<br />Please consider a Pennsylvania Young Lawyer's pledge regarding the American Bar Association Task Force for American Democracy, along the lines of the Alabama lawyer's pledge set out at <a href="https://al6thcongdist-ihaveuntiljan13.blogspot.com/2024/01/alabama-lawyers-pledge-re-aba-task.html">https://al6thcongdist-ihaveuntiljan13.blogspot.com/2024/01/alabama-lawyers-pledge-re-aba-task.html</a>.<br />Thank you.<div><br /></div><b>Email to Mississippi Bar Young Lawyers Division</b><br />From: Rob Shattuck <rdshatt@aol.com><br />To: khandy@balch.com <khandy@balch.com><br />Cc: cbailey@lightfootlaw.com <cbailey@lightfootlaw.com><br />Sent: Wednesday, January 17, 2024 at 04:18:53 PM CST<br />Subject: Mississippi young lawyers should make pledges re ABA Task Force for American Democracy<br />Dear Ms. Handy:<br />Please consider publicizing to members of the Mississippi Bar Young Lawyers Division the "ALABAMA LAWYER'S PLEDGE REGARDING AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION TASK FORCE FOR AMERICAN DEMOCRACY" that is set out at <a href="https://al6thcongdist-ihaveuntiljan13.blogspot.com/2024/01/alabama-lawyers-pledge-re-aba-task.html">https://al6thcongdist-ihaveuntiljan13.blogspot.com/2024/01/alabama-lawyers-pledge-re-aba-task.html</a> and that may be adapted for use by Mississippi young lawyers.<br />Thank you.<br />Rob Shattuck<br />Mountain Brook, AL<br /><div><br /></div><b>Email to Tennessee Bar Association</b><br />From: Rob Shattuck <rdshatt@aol.com><br />To: swright@tnbar.org <swright@tnbar.org><br />Cc: johns@hollis-wright.com <johns@hollis-wright.com><br />Sent: Thursday, January 18, 2024 at 04:13:29 PM CST<br />Subject: Tennessee lawyer's pledge re American Bar Association Task Force for American Democracy<br />Please consider a Tennessee lawyer's pledge regarding the American Bar Association Task Force for American Democracy along the lines of the Alabama lawyer's pledge set out at <a href="https://al6thcongdist-ihaveuntiljan13.blogspot.com/2024/01/alabama-lawyers-pledge-re-aba-task.html">https://al6thcongdist-ihaveuntiljan13.blogspot.com/2024/01/alabama-lawyers-pledge-re-aba-task.html</a>.<br />Thank you.<br /><div><br /></div><b>Email to Kentucky Bar </b><br />From: Rob Shattuck <rdshatt@aol.com><br />To: jmeyers@kybar.org <jmeyers@kybar.org><br />Cc: bill.ide@akerman.com <bill.ide@akerman.com>; marty@mitchellmeadows.com <marty@mitchellmeadows.com>; emyang@wstrongllc.com <emyang@wstrongllc.com><br />Sent: Thursday, January 18, 2024 at 06:30:44 PM CST<br />Subject: Kentucky lawyer's pledge re American Bar Association Task Force for American Democracy<br />Please consider a Kentucky lawyer's pledge regarding the American Bar Association Task Force for American Democracy along the lines of the Alabama lawyer's pledge set out at <a href="https://al6thcongdist-ihaveuntiljan13.blogspot.com/2024/01/alabama-lawyers-pledge-re-aba-task.html">https://al6thcongdist-ihaveuntiljan13.blogspot.com/2024/01/alabama-lawyers-pledge-re-aba-task.html</a>.<br />Thank you.<div><br /></div><b>Email to Kentucky County Attorneys Association </b><br />From: Rob Shattuck <rdshatt@aol.com><br />To: hcao@hardincountyky.gov <hcao@hardincountyky.gov><br />Cc: jmeyers@kybar.org <jmeyers@kybar.org><br />Sent: Saturday, January 20, 2024 at 07:35:54 AM CST<br />Subject: For Ms. Jenny Oldham, Kentucky County Attorneys Association President<br />Dear Ms. Oldham,<br />In Alabama, I am asking the Alabama District Attorneys Association to consider circulating to its members the "ALABAMA LAWYER'S PLEDGE REGARDING AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION TASK FORCE FOR AMERICAN DEMOCRACY" that is set out at <a href="https://al6thcongdist-ihaveuntiljan13.blogspot.com/2024/01/alabama-lawyers-pledge-re-aba-task.html">https://al6thcongdist-ihaveuntiljan13.blogspot.com/2024/01/alabama-lawyers-pledge-re-aba-task.html</a>. <br />I think Alabama district attorneys and Kentucky County attorneys are in a special position to support American democracy, and I hope you will disseminate to the Kentucky county attorneys the foregoing pledge for their consideration.<br />Thank you.<br />Rob Shattuck<br />Mountain Brook, AL<br /><br /><div><b>Message sent using </b><a href="https://www.adamsandreese.com/contact"><b>Contact | Adams and Reese LLP</b></a><b>, 1/21/24, 4:15 am</b></div><div>Does Adams and Reese LLP support the American Bar Association Task Force for American Democracy? </div><div>Information about the Task Force can be found at <a href="https://www.americanbar.org/groups/leadership/office_of_the_president/american-democracy/our-work/">https://www.americanbar.org/groups/leadership/office_of_the_president/american-democracy/our-work/</a> and <a href="https://www.americanbar.org/groups/business_law/resources/business-law-today/2023-december/working-to-ensure-enduring-american-democracy/">https://www.americanbar.org/groups/business_law/resources/business-law-today/2023-december/working-to-ensure-enduring-american-democracy/</a>. </div><div>Thank you.</div><div><br /></div><div><div><b>Message sent using <a href="https://www.bakerdonelson.com/contactus?success=1">Contact Us | Baker Donelson</a> 1/21/24, 4:33 am</b></div><div>Does Baker Donelson support the American Bar Association Task Force for American Democracy? </div><div>Information about the Task Force can be found at <a href="https://www.americanbar.org/groups/leadership/office_of_the_president/american-democracy/our-work/">https://www.americanbar.org/groups/leadership/office_of_the_president/american-democracy/our-work/</a> and <a href="https://www.americanbar.org/groups/business_law/resources/business-law-today/2023-december/working-to-ensure-enduring-american-democracy/">https://www.americanbar.org/groups/business_law/resources/business-law-today/2023-december/working-to-ensure-enduring-american-democracy/</a>. </div><div>Thank you.</div></div>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Does <a href="https://twitter.com/maynardnexsen?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@maynardnexsen</a> support the American Bar Association Task Force for American Democracy?<br />Information about the Task Force can be found at <a href="https://t.co/KBXSwPk2oz">https://t.co/KBXSwPk2oz</a> and <a href="https://t.co/yGPpDe5bmn">https://t.co/yGPpDe5bmn</a>.<br />Thank you.<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/alpolitics?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#alpolitics</a></p>— Rob Shattuck (@RobShattuckAL06) <a href="https://twitter.com/RobShattuckAL06/status/1749018360023511182?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 21, 2024</a></blockquote><b>Email to Charleston County (SC} Bar Association</b><br />From: Rob Shattuck <rdshatt@aol.com><br />To: andrew@connor.law <andrew@connor.law><br />Sent: Sunday, January 21, 2024 at 10:30:42 AM CST<br />Subject: Does Charleston County Bar Assn. support ABA Task Force for American Democracy?<br />Dear CCBA President Connor:<br />Does the Charleston County Bar Association support the American Bar Association Task Force for American Democracy? <br />Information about the Task Force can be found at <a href="https://www.americanbar.org/groups/leadership/office_of_the_president/american-democracy/our-work/">https://www.americanbar.org/groups/leadership/office_of_the_president/american-democracy/our-work/</a> and <a href="https://www.americanbar.org/groups/business_law/resources/business-law-today/2023-december/working-to-ensure-enduring-american-democracy/">https://www.americanbar.org/groups/business_law/resources/business-law-today/2023-december/working-to-ensure-enduring-american-democracy/</a>. <br />Thank you.<br />Rob Shattuck<br />Mountain Brook, AL<div><br /></div><b>Email to Richland County (SC) Bar Association</b><br />From: Rob Shattuck <rdshatt@aol.com><br />To: harrison@hsaunderslaw.com <harrison@hsaunderslaw.com><br />Sent: Sunday, January 21, 2024 at 10:42:57 AM CST<br />Subject: Does Richland County Bar Assn. support ABA Task Force for American Democracy?<br />Dear RCBA President Saunders:<br />Does the Richland County Bar Association support the American Bar Association Task Force for American Democracy? <br />Information about the Task Force can be found at <a href="https://www.americanbar.org/groups/leadership/office_of_the_president/american-democracy/our-work/">https://www.americanbar.org/groups/leadership/office_of_the_president/american-democracy/our-work/</a> and <a href="https://www.americanbar.org/groups/business_law/resources/business-law-today/2023-december/working-to-ensure-enduring-american-democracy/">https://www.americanbar.org/groups/business_law/resources/business-law-today/2023-december/working-to-ensure-enduring-american-democracy/</a>. <br />Thank you.<br />Rob Shattuck<br />Mountain Brook, AL<div> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script></div><div><br /></div><b>Email to Alabama Lawyers Association</b><br />From: Rob Shattuck <rdshatt@aol.com><br />To: sford@lawpff.com <sford@lawpff.com><br />Sent: Monday, January 22, 2024 at 06:21:34 PM CST<br />Subject: Alabama Lawyers Association and ABA Task Force for Democracy<br />Dear Alabama Lawyers Association President Ford:<br />The mission of the Alabama Lawyers Association includes "[protecting] the civil and political rights of all citizens."<br />Please consider whether the work of the American Bar Association Task Force for American Democracy is within the mission of, and should be supported by, the Alabama Lawyers Association. Information about the ABA Task Force can be found at <a href="https://www.americanbar.org/groups/leadership/office_of_the_president/american-democracy/our-work/">https://www.americanbar.org/groups/leadership/office_of_the_president/american-democracy/our-work/</a> and <a href="https://www.americanbar.org/groups/business_law/resources/business-law-today/2023-december/working-to-ensure-enduring-american-democracy/">https://www.americanbar.org/groups/business_law/resources/business-law-today/2023-december/working-to-ensure-enduring-american-democracy/</a>.<br />Thank you.<br />Rob Shattuck<br />Mountain Brook<div><br /></div><b>Email to Black Women Lawyers Association of Alabama</b><br />From: Rob Shattuck <rdshatt@aol.com><br />To: contact@blackwomenlawyersal.org <contact@blackwomenlawyersal.org><br />Sent: Monday, January 22, 2024 at 06:42:10 PM CST<br />Subject: Black Women Lawyers Association of Alabama and ABA Task Force for American Democracy<br />Please consider whether the work of the American Bar Association Task Force for American Democracy should be supported by the Black Women Lawyers Association of Alabama. Information about the ABA Task Force can be found at <a href="https://www.americanbar.org/groups/leadership/office_of_the_president/american-democracy/our-work/">https://www.americanbar.org/groups/leadership/office_of_the_president/american-democracy/our-work/</a> and <a href="https://www.americanbar.org/groups/business_law/resources/business-law-today/2023-december/working-to-ensure-enduring-american-democracy/">https://www.americanbar.org/groups/business_law/resources/business-law-today/2023-december/working-to-ensure-enduring-american-democracy/</a>.<br />Thank you.<br />Rob Shattuck<br />Mountain Brook<div><br /></div><b>Email to Alabama State Bar Women's Section</b><br />From: Rob Shattuck <rdshatt@aol.com><br />To: flong@hillhillcarter.com <flong@hillhillcarter.com><br />Sent: Monday, January 22, 2024 at 06:57:36 PM CST<br />Subject: Alabama State Bar Women's Section and ABA Task Force for American Democracy<br />Dear Alabama State Bar Women's Section Vice Chair Long:<br />Please consider whether the work of the American Bar Association Task Force for American Democracy should be supported by the Alabama State Bar Women's Section. Information about the ABA Task Force can be found at <a href="https://www.americanbar.org/groups/leadership/office_of_the_president/american-democracy/our-work/">https://www.americanbar.org/groups/leadership/office_of_the_president/american-democracy/our-work/</a> and <a href="https://www.americanbar.org/groups/business_law/resources/business-law-today/2023-december/working-to-ensure-enduring-american-democracy/">https://www.americanbar.org/groups/business_law/resources/business-law-today/2023-december/working-to-ensure-enduring-american-democracy/</a>.<br />I am sending this email to you and not to the Chair because I have previously sent an email to her at the Birmingham Bar Association. See <a href="https://al6thcongdist-ihaveuntiljan13.blogspot.com/2024/01/alabama-lawyers-pledge-re-aba-task.html">Be An Alabama Rootstriker* with Rob Shattuck: Alabama lawyer's pledge re ABA Task Force for American Democracy (al6thcongdist-ihaveuntiljan13.blogspot.com)</a><br />Thank you.<br />Rob Shattuck<br />Mountain Brook AL<div><br /></div><div><b>Email "Is Arkansas Bar Association dismissive of ABA Task Force for American Democracy?"</b><br />From: Rob Shattuck <rdshatt@aol.com><br />To: office@thedobsonlawfirm.com <office@thedobsonlawfirm.com><br />Cc: Terri B. Lovell <terri.lovell@alabar.org>; bill.ide@akerman.com <bill.ide@akerman.com>; marty@mitchellmeadows.com <marty@mitchellmeadows.com>; emyang@wstrongllc.com <emyang@wstrongllc.com><br />Sent: Tuesday, January 23, 2024 at 04:27:22 PM CST<br />Subject: Is Arkansas Bar Association dismissive of ABA Task Force for American Democracy?<br />Dear Arkansas Bar Association President Dobson:<br />I am a retired lawyer in Alabama.<br />The Alabama State Bar seems dismissive of the year-long mission of the American Bar Association Task Force for American Democracy (such mission being described at <a href="https://www.americanbar.org/groups/leadership/office_of_the_president/american-democracy/our-work/">Our Work (americanbar.org)</a> and <a href="https://www.americanbar.org/groups/business_law/resources/business-law-today/2023-december/working-to-ensure-enduring-american-democracy/">Working to Ensure an Enduring American Democracy (americanbar.org)</a>.<br />With the Alabama State Bar seemingly dismissive of the ABA Task Force for American Democracy, I am contacting other state bar associations to find out whether or not they too are dismissive of the ABA Task Force.<br />If you kindly would, please advise me about this as regards the Arkansas Bar Association.<br />Thank you very much.<br />Rob Shattuck<br />Mountain Brook AL</div><div><br /></div><b>Email "Is Louisiana Bar Association dismissive of ABA Task Force for American Democracy?"</b><br />From: Rob Shattuck <rdshatt@aol.com><br />To: info@veronbice.com <info@veronbice.com><br />Cc: Terri B. Lovell <terri.lovell@alabar.org>; bill.ide@akerman.com <bill.ide@akerman.com>; marty@mitchellmeadows.com <marty@mitchellmeadows.com>; emyang@wstrongllc.com <emyang@wstrongllc.com><br />Sent: Tuesday, January 23, 2024 at 06:17:12 PM CST<br />Subject: For Louisiana State Bar Association President Sonnier<br />Dear Louisiana State Bar Association President Sonnier:<br />I am a retired lawyer in Alabama.<br />The Alabama State Bar seems dismissive of the year-long mission of the American Bar Association Task Force for American Democracy (such mission being described at <a href="https://www.americanbar.org/groups/leadership/office_of_the_president/american-democracy/our-work/">Our Work (americanbar.org)</a> and <a href="https://www.americanbar.org/groups/business_law/resources/business-law-today/2023-december/working-to-ensure-enduring-american-democracy/">Working to Ensure an Enduring American Democracy (americanbar.org)</a>.<br />With the Alabama State Bar seemingly dismissive of the ABA Task Force for American Democracy, I am contacting other state bar associations to find out whether or not they too are dismissive of the ABA Task Force.<br />If you kindly would, please advise me about whether the Louisiana State Bar Association is or is not dismissive regarding the ABA Task Force for American Democracy.<br />Thank you very much.<br />Rob Shattuck<br />Mountain Brook AL<br /><br /><b>Email "Is The Mississippi Bar dismissive of ABA Task Force for American Democracy?"</b><br />From: Rob Shattuck <rdshatt@aol.com><br />To: jtbaker@carrallison.com <jtbaker@carrallison.com><br />Cc: Terri B. Lovell <terri.lovell@alabar.org>; bill.ide@akerman.com <bill.ide@akerman.com>; marty@mitchellmeadows.com <marty@mitchellmeadows.com>; emyang@wstrongllc.com <emyang@wstrongllc.com><br />Sent: Tuesday, January 23, 2024 at 06:26:26 PM CST<br />Subject: Is The Mississippi Bar dismissive of ABA Task Force for American Democracy?<br />Dear Mississippi Bar President Baker:<br />I am a retired lawyer in Alabama.<br />The Alabama State Bar seems dismissive of the year-long mission of the American Bar Association Task Force for American Democracy (such mission being described at <a href="https://www.americanbar.org/groups/leadership/office_of_the_president/american-democracy/our-work/">Our Work (americanbar.org)</a> and <a href="https://www.americanbar.org/groups/business_law/resources/business-law-today/2023-december/working-to-ensure-enduring-american-democracy/">Working to Ensure an Enduring American Democracy (americanbar.org)</a>.<br />With the Alabama State Bar seemingly dismissive of the ABA Task Force for American Democracy, I am contacting other state bar associations to find out whether or not they too are dismissive of the ABA Task Force.<br />If you kindly would, please advise me about this as regards The Mississippi Bar.<br />Thank you very much.<br />Rob Shattuck<br />Mountain Brook AL<div><br /></div><b>Email from Brannon Buck, President of Alabama State Bar</b><br />From: Brannon Buck <bbuck@badhambuck.com><br />To: rdshatt@aol.com <rdshatt@aol.com><br />Cc: Terri B. Lovell <terri.lovell@alabar.org><br />Sent: Wednesday, January 24, 2024 at 04:15:47 PM CST<br />Subject: FW: [EXTERNAL EMAIL] Alabama State Bar encouragement for my outreaching to Alabama institutions about Democracy?<br />Mr. Shattuck,<br />I am serving this year as president of the Alabama State Bar. Terri Lovell, our Executive Director, has forwarded to me a handful of emails that you have sent her, including your recent emails to bar leaders in Louisiana and Mississippi. I apologize if you feel we have ignored your calls for action. I believe Terri thought that she had addressed your inquiries when she sent the email below on August 30 of last year. As she explains in the email, our mandatory bar status prohibits the Alabama State Bar from engaging in activities that are not directly related to legal profession and the administration of justice. This limitation is outlined in a series of federal cases, including the Supreme Court case, Keller v. State Bar of California. We recognize that there is not a clear demarcation of what is directly related to the legal profession or the administration of justice. However, we have attempted to be faithful to the direction of the Supreme Court and, more recently, the Fifth Circuit in a series of mandatory bar cases by avoiding activities that could be viewed as political speech on which our members might disagree. It has been our judgment that the ABA’s American Democracy project does not relate directly to the legal profession or the administration of justice and could potentially be viewed as political speech. Because the ABA is a voluntary association, it is free to engage in political speech. The Alabama State Bar does not enjoy that same freedom.<br />I would be happy to schedule a call with you to discuss this matter further. It is certainly not our desire to ignore or detract from the ABA’s efforts or your efforts. We are simply constrained by our mandatory bar status and our members’ constitutional right to freedom of association. Please let me know if you wish to schedule a time for a call.<br />Brannon<div><br /></div><b>My reply to Brannon Buck</b><br />From: Rob Shattuck <rdshatt@aol.com><br />To: Brannon Buck <bbuck@badhambuck.com><br />Cc: Terri B. Lovell <terri.lovell@alabar.org>; bill.ide@akerman.com <bill.ide@akerman.com>; marty@mitchellmeadows.com <marty@mitchellmeadows.com>; emyang@wstrongllc.com <emyang@wstrongllc.com><br />Sent: Thursday, January 25, 2024 at 12:40:49 PM CST<br />Subject: Re: [EXTERNAL EMAIL] Alabama State Bar encouragement for my outreaching to Alabama institutions about Democracy?<br />Thank you very much, Brannon, for sending me your email yesterday.<br />I am not a member of the American Bar Association Task Force for American Democracy, and I will refer to my contacts at the Task Force what you say about the Alabama State Bar being organizationally bound to abstain from participating in the work the Task Force is doing, and leave it to the Task Force to figure out how the Task Force should try to accommodate lawyer organizations that consider themselves organizationally bound to abstain from the work the Task Force is doing.<br />As for my own efforts to get lawyer organizations and lawyers to support the work the Task Force is doing, insofar as I refer to the Alabama State Bar, I will indicate that the Alabama State Bar considers itself organizationally bound to abstain from participating in the work the Task Force is doing.<br />I appreciate your offer to schedule a call with me to discuss this matter further. I think it would be more productive if you and the Task Force discussed the situation, and I will leave it to you and them to have such discussion as you and they consider mutually beneficial.<br />Again, thank you for emailing me.<br />Sincerely,<br />Rob<br /><div><br /></div><b>Follow up email to Brannon Buck changing my mind to meet with him</b><br />From: Rob Shattuck <rdshatt@aol.com><br />To: Brannon Buck <bbuck@badhambuck.com><br />Cc: Terri B. Lovell <terri.lovell@alabar.org>; Jennifer Buettner <jbuettner@birminghambar.org><br />Sent: Saturday, February 10, 2024 at 06:57:10 PM CST<br />Subject: I have changed my mind and would like to meet with you<br />Brannon,<br />In your January 24th email, you offered to have a phone conversation with me to discuss my efforts in support of the year-long mission of the American Bar Association Task Force for American Democracy.<br />I replied declining that offer.<br />I have changed my mind, and I would now like to have such a phone conversation, or, even better, to meet with you in person to discuss the matter.<br />Further, I would like to include in our conversation Ms. Jennifer Buettner, Executive Director of the Birmingham Bar Association, if you and she are willing.<br />Please just let me know what is possible.<br />Thanks.<br />Rob Shattuck<div><br /></div><b>Email reply from Brannon Buck</b><br />From: Brannon Buck <bbuck@badhambuck.com><br />To: Rob Shattuck <rdshatt@aol.com><br />Cc: Terri B. Lovell <terri.lovell@alabar.org>; Jennifer Buettner <jbuettner@birminghambar.org><br />Sent: Tuesday, February 13, 2024 at 11:15:23 AM CST<br />Subject: RE: [EXTERNAL] I have changed my mind and would like to meet with you<br />Mr. Shattuck,<br />As I explained in my email of January 24, as a mandatory bar, the Alabama State Bar cannot engage in activities that are not related to the legal profession and the administration of justice. I am familiar with ABA’s Task for American Democracy, and while I personally support it, the Alabama State Bar cannot be involved. I am happy to schedule a call with you to discuss the limitations under which the state bar operates if you wish to hear more about it. <br />Brannon<br /><br /><b>My reply back to Brannon Buck</b><br />From: Rob Shattuck <rdshatt@aol.com><br />To: Brannon Buck <bbuck@badhambuck.com><br />Cc: Terri B. Lovell <terri.lovell@alabar.org>; Jennifer Buettner <jbuettner@birminghambar.org>; mckinney@watsonmckinney.com <mckinney@watsonmckinney.com>; suzanneduffey@mc-ala.org <suzanneduffey@mc-ala.org>; flatta@burr.com <flatta@burr.com><br />Sent: Tuesday, February 13, 2024 at 07:37:34 PM CST<br />Subject: Re: [EXTERNAL] I have changed my mind and would like to meet with you<br />Thank you again, Brannon, for replying to me.<br />I assume the limitations include that you cannot mention the ABA Task Force for American Democracy in your "President's Page" in The Alabama Lawyer and suggest that members of the Alabama State Bar think about the Task Force's work for themselves in their individual professional capacities.<br />Until I am told otherwise, I will assume that the Birmingham, Huntsville, Montgomery and Mobile bar associations are not subject to the limitations that the Alabama State Bar is under, and those local bar associations can choose to undertake activities that are supportive of what the ABA Task Force is trying to do.<br />I sent the below January 4th email to those bar associations concerning my "Alabama lawyer's pledge re ABA Task Force for American Democracy" (which email I posted in <a href="https://al6thcongdist-ihaveuntiljan13.blogspot.com/2024/01/alabama-lawyers-pledge-re-aba-task.html">Be An Alabama Rootstriker* with Rob Shattuck: Alabama lawyer's pledge re ABA Task Force for American Democracy (al6thcongdist-ihaveuntiljan13.blogspot.com)</a>).<br />By copy of this email to the addressees of my January 4th email, I expressly solicit them to undertake activities in support of what the ABA Task Force is trying to do, and I offer to help out in anything they decide to undertake.<br />Again, thank you for replying to me.<br />Sincerely,<br />Rob Shattuck<br />Rob Shattuckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02707865352312442808noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7154436047525645.post-80940506176794234082023-12-30T00:17:00.006-06:002024-01-16T07:59:55.044-06:00Is Trump continuing to engage in insurrection?<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Is Trump now engaging in insurrection by inciting his followers to commit violence to prevent operation of rule of law, just as he did on Jan. 6th?<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/alpolitics?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#alpolitics</a> <br />MAGA meltdown as Trump sics Truth Social fans on Maine secretary of state <a href="https://t.co/07UYaGZBiO">https://t.co/07UYaGZBiO</a> via <a href="https://twitter.com/YahooNews?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@YahooNews</a></p>— Rob Shattuck (@RobShattuckAL06) <a href="https://twitter.com/RobShattuckAL06/status/1740977807734587801?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 30, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en"><a href="https://twitter.com/toddcstacy?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@toddcstacy</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/ALDailyNews?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@ALDailyNews</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/TheDaleJackson?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@TheDaleJackson</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/jeff_poor?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@jeff_poor</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/1819News?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@1819News</a><br />Is Trump continuing to engage in insurrection by inciting his followers to commit violence against Maine Secretary of State and prevent the peaceful operation of the rule of law?<a href="https://t.co/tK9VGW1Pmq">https://t.co/tK9VGW1Pmq</a><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/alpolitics?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#alpolitics</a></p>— Rob Shattuck (@RobShattuckAL06) <a href="https://twitter.com/RobShattuckAL06/status/1740982000616632587?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 30, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">An insurrectionist who incited his followers to violence against government and continues to do so from prison needs to be kept in prison.<a href="https://t.co/tK9VGW1hwS">https://t.co/tK9VGW1hwS</a><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/alpolitics?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#alpolitics</a> <br />Nikki Haley says she would pardon Donald Trump if she makes it to White House <a href="https://t.co/gqZVmEIV6P">https://t.co/gqZVmEIV6P</a></p>— Rob Shattuck (@RobShattuckAL06) <a href="https://twitter.com/RobShattuckAL06/status/1741054976284090399?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 30, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">If Trump is not elected President in November, will <a href="https://twitter.com/SenTuberville?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@SenTuberville</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/SenKatieBritt?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@SenKatieBritt</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/RepJerryCarl?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@RepJerryCarl</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/RepBarryMoore?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@RepBarryMoore</a> advocate that Trump continue the insurrection against United States that he started on Jan. 6th and is still trying to carry out?<a href="https://t.co/tK9VGW1Pmq">https://t.co/tK9VGW1Pmq</a><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/alpolitics?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#alpolitics</a> <a href="https://t.co/tsA1TbP4v7">https://t.co/tsA1TbP4v7</a></p>— Rob Shattuck (@RobShattuckAL06) <a href="https://twitter.com/RobShattuckAL06/status/1747256854156333477?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 16, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>Rob Shattuckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02707865352312442808noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7154436047525645.post-23624203078541810422023-12-24T07:19:00.012-06:002023-12-29T17:23:31.124-06:00Iowa caucuses; NH and SC primaries<b>Email to Iowa Bar Association</b><br />From: Rob Shattuck <rdshatt@aol.com><br />To: ddinkla@iowabar.org <ddinkla@iowabar.org><br />Cc: Terri B. Lovell <terri.lovell@alabar.org>; Jennifer Buettner <jbuettner@birminghambar.org>; director@huntsvillebar.org <director@huntsvillebar.org>; flatta@burr.com <flatta@burr.com>; suzanneduffey@mc-ala.org <suzanneduffey@mc-ala.org>; bill.ide@akerman.com <bill.ide@akerman.com>; marty@mitchellmeadows.com <marty@mitchellmeadows.com>; emyang@wstrongllc.com <emyang@wstrongllc.com><br />Sent: Sunday, December 10, 2023 at 08:51:56 AM CST<br />Subject: Iowa State Bar Association and ABA Task Force for American Democracy<br />Dear Mr. Dinkla, <br />I am a retired lawyer in Alabama.<br />I have been advocating for the Alabama State Bar to undertake supportive activities in Alabama relative to the American Bar Association Task Force for American Democracy and its year long mission that is set out at <a href="https://www.americanbar.org/groups/leadership/office_of_the_president/american-democracy/overview/">https://www.americanbar.org/groups/leadership/office_of_the_president/american-democracy/overview/</a>.<br />Recently, I thought the great attention that was being paid to this past week's GOP Presidential primary debate at the University of Alabama was an excellent opportunity for the Alabama State Bar (and other parties) to partake of the Task Force's mission to "host public conversations with a broad spectrum of Americans to hear their concerns, experiences, and suggestions for restoring and preserving our democracy rule of law." <a href="https://al6thcongdist-ihaveuntiljan13.blogspot.com/2023/11/presidential-debate-in-tuscaloosa-aba.html">https://al6thcongdist-ihaveuntiljan13.blogspot.com/2023/11/presidential-debate-in-tuscaloosa-aba.html</a><br />Last Saturday, I sent the Alabama State Bar the below email, importuning it once more prior to the Dec. 6th debate.<br />The attention surrounding the Dec. 6th debate in Alabama is now past, and national attention is on Iowa and the upcoming Iowa caucuses.<br />The purpose of this email is to urge the Iowa State Bar Association to avail of the national attention now on Iowa to host public conversations in Iowa with a broad spectrum of Iowans to hear their "concerns, experiences, and suggestions for restoring and preserving our democracy rule of law."<br />Thank you for the indulgence of the Iowa State Bar Association in receiving this communication from a member of the Alabama State Bar.<br />Sincerely,<br />Rob Shattuck<br />Mountain Brook, AL<div><br /></div><div><b>Email to New Hampshire Bar Association</b><br /> From: Rob Shattuck <rdshatt@aol.com><br />To: pchant@coopercargillchant.com <pchant@coopercargillchant.com>; kmahan@hinckleyallen.com <kmahan@hinckleyallen.com><br />Cc: Terri B. Lovell <terri.lovell@alabar.org>; Jennifer Buettner <jbuettner@birminghambar.org>; flatta@burr.com <flatta@burr.com>; suzanneduffey@mc-ala.org <suzanneduffey@mc-ala.org>; bill.ide@akerman.com <bill.ide@akerman.com>; marty@mitchellmeadows.com <marty@mitchellmeadows.com>; emyang@wstrongllc.com <emyang@wstrongllc.com><br />Sent: Monday, December 11, 2023 at 06:44:31 PM CST<br />Subject: New Hampshire Bar Association and ABA Task Force for American Democracy<br />Dear Mr. Chant and Ms. Mahan,<br />I am a retired lawyer in Alabama (and a Dartmouth graduate).<br />I have been advocating for the Alabama State Bar to undertake supportive activities in Alabama relative to the American Bar Association Task Force for American Democracy and its year long mission that is set out at <a href="https://www.americanbar.org/groups/leadership/office_of_the_president/american-democracy/overview/">https://www.americanbar.org/groups/leadership/office_of_the_president/american-democracy/overview/</a>.<br />Recently, I thought the great attention that was being paid to this past week's GOP Presidential primary debate at the University of Alabama was an excellent opportunity for the Alabama State Bar (and other parties) to partake of the Task Force's mission to "host public conversations with a broad spectrum of Americans to hear their concerns, experiences, and suggestions for restoring and preserving our democracy rule of law." <a href="https://al6thcongdist-ihaveuntiljan13.blogspot.com/2023/11/presidential-debate-in-tuscaloosa-aba.html">https://al6thcongdist-ihaveuntiljan13.blogspot.com/2023/11/presidential-debate-in-tuscaloosa-aba.html</a><br />A week ago Saturday, I sent the Alabama State Bar the below email, importuning it once more prior to the Dec. 6th debate.<br />The attention surrounding the Dec. 6th debate in Alabama is now past, and national attention is on New Hampshire and its lead off Republican primary election.<br />The purpose of this email is to urge the New Hampshire Bar Association to avail of the national attention now on New Hampshire to host public conversations in New Hampshire with a broad spectrum of New Hampshire residents to hear their "concerns, experiences, and suggestions for restoring and preserving our democracy rule of law."<br />Thank you for the indulgence of the New Hampshire Bar Association in receiving this communication from a member of the Alabama State Bar.<br />Sincerely,<br />Rob Shattuck<br />Mountain Brook, AL<br /><br /><b>Email to Dartmouth Professor Linda Fowler</b><br />From: Rob Shattuck <rdshatt@aol.com><br />To: Linda.L.Fowler@Dartmouth.EDU <linda.l.fowler@dartmouth.edu><br />Cc: Jeff Carton <jcarton@denleacarton.com>; dolce@denleacarton.com <dolce@denleacarton.com>; bill.ide@akerman.com <bill.ide@akerman.com>; marty@mitchellmeadows.com <marty@mitchellmeadows.com>; emyang@wstrongllc.com <emyang@wstrongllc.com>; cborton@maynardnexsen.com <cborton@maynardnexsen.com>; ellen.halstead@cwt.com <ellen.halstead@cwt.com><br />Sent: Saturday, December 16, 2023 at 05:40:47 PM CST<br />Subject: ABA Task Force for American Democracy public conversation event at Dartmouth<br />Dear Professor Fowler,<br />I am a retired lawyer in Alabama and Dartmouth class of 1969.<br />Per the below email I sent to the Dartmouth Lawyers Association, I am trying to see whether there can be arranged to be held at Dartmouth a public conversation event of the type that the American Bar Association Task Force for American Democracy is seeking to be held during its year long mission that is set out at <a href="https://www.americanbar.org/groups/leadership/office_of_the_president/american-democracy/overview/">https://www.americanbar.org/groups/leadership/office_of_the_president/american-democracy/overview/</a> (to wit, "public conversations with a broad spectrum of Americans to hear their concerns, experiences, and suggestions for restoring and preserving our democracy rule of law").<br />It would seem ideal if a public conversation event could be held at Dartmouth prior to the New Hampshire primary on January 23rd, which obviously would make for a big rush.<br />I identified you to whom to send this email from the article at <a href="https://www.wcax.com/2023/12/13/will-sununu-endorsement-make-dent-trump-turnout/">Will Sununu endorsement make a dent in Trump turnout? (wcax.com)</a>.<br />I am not a member of the ABA Task Force, but Task Force Vice Chair William Ide and the two reporters for the Task Force know of my efforts related to the Task Force's mission. I am copying them on this email, and they can decide whether the Task Force desires to host a conversation at Dartmouth.<br />Also, you will see below an email that I sent to the New Hampshire Bar Association, and maybe they would help out here.<br />Further, Jeff Carton of the Dartmouth Lawyers Association has indicated possible interest, so I am copying him as well, plus Ellen Halstead, the Association secretary, and Christie Borton, President of the Dartmouth Club of Alabama.<br />To conclude, if you can take this idea up with an appropriate Dartmouth administrative office, or if you can refer me to such an office, that would be super.<br />Thank you very much.<br />Sincerely,<br />Rob Shattuck<br />Mountain Brook, AL</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Email to Mr. Robert Coates of The Nelson A Rockefeller Center at Dartmouth</b><br />From: Rob Shattuck <rdshatt@aol.com><br />To: Robert B. Coates <robert.b.coates@dartmouth.edu>; Linda L. Fowler <linda.l.fowler@dartmouth.edu><br />Cc: bill.ide@akerman.com <bill.ide@akerman.com>; marty@mitchellmeadows.com <marty@mitchellmeadows.com>; emyang@wstrongllc.com <emyang@wstrongllc.com>; Jeff Carton <jcarton@denleacarton.com>; cborton@maynardnexsen.com <cborton@maynardnexsen.com><br />Sent: Thursday, December 21, 2023 at 06:16:49 PM CST<br />Subject: Re: ABA Task Force for American Democracy public conversation event at Dartmouth<br />Dear Mr. Coates:<br />I can appreciate how jam-packed it is prior to the January 23rd primary election, that election now being overlain with the United States Supreme Court being momentously thrust into the center of how the 2024 election will unfold.<br />I note the following scheduled Dartmouth events: Liz Cheney, "An Oath to Defend Democracy" campus event on January 5th; Jamie Raskin, "Democracy vs. Autocracy" campus event on January 8th; January 23rd debate watch party; and Dartmouth Lawyers Association 2024 annual meeting, Jan. 25-28, Keynote Speaker Neal K. Katyal ‘91.<br />As of now, I don't see any Presidential candidate appearances on the Dartmouth events schedule, but maybe candidate appearances at Dartmouth can still happen and make your job even more difficult.<br />For your information, two days ago the Co-Chairs of the ABA Task Force, Michael Luttig and Jeh Johnson, had an ABA Presidential Speaker Series "Democracy in Peril" conversation with New York Times opinion columnist David French. A video of the conversation is at <a href="https://www.americanbar.org/groups/leadership/office_of_the_president/presidential-speaker-series/democracy-in-peril/?spredfast-trk-id=sf184449179">https://www.americanbar.org/groups/leadership/office_of_the_president/presidential-speaker-series/democracy-in-peril/?spredfast-trk-id=sf184449179</a>, which could be of help if Dartmouth tries to put on something.<br />Also for your information, Michael Luttig and Neal Katyal '91 have been on the cable TV this week talking about the Colorado Supreme Court decision. Laura Ingraham '85 too has done talking this week about the decision.<br />With so much consequential that will be swirling in January, is there is any chance that the Liz Cheney event or the Jamie Raskin event could be modified to add an ABA Task Force for American Democracy public conversation dimension, and possibly Neal Katyal and/or Laura Ingraham added?<br />I regret to say I continue unaware as to whether the ABA Task Force for American Democracy has any interest in a public conversation event at Dartmouth, and I will copy the Vice Chair and the two reporters again on this email (plus the Dartmouth Lawyers Association and the Dartmouth Club of Alabama Presidents).<br />I am available for a zoom tomorrow or Saturday morning if that can help you in any way.<br />Sincerely,<br />Rob <br /><br /><b>Email to Professor John Greabe, Rudman Center for Justice, Leadership & Public Service</b><br />From: Rob Shattuck <rdshatt@aol.com><br />To: john.greabe@law.unh.edu <john.greabe@law.unh.edu><br />Cc: Robert B. Coates <robert.b.coates@dartmouth.edu>; Linda L. Fowler <linda.l.fowler@dartmouth.edu>; bill.ide@akerman.com <bill.ide@akerman.com>; marty@mitchellmeadows.com <marty@mitchellmeadows.com>; emyang@wstrongllc.com <emyang@wstrongllc.com>; Terri B. Lovell <terri.lovell@alabar.org>; Jeff Carton <jcarton@denleacarton.com><br />Sent: Saturday, December 23, 2023 at 02:31:42 PM CST<br />Subject: ABA Task Force for American Democracy public conversation event at University of New Hampshire<br />Dear Professor Greabe:<br />I am a retired lawyer in Alabama and Dartmouth class of 1969.<br />Per the below email correspondence, I have been trying to see whether there could be arranged to be held at Dartmouth a public conversation event of the type that the American Bar Association Task Force for American Democracy is seeking to be held during its year long mission that is set out at <a href="https://www.americanbar.org/groups/leadership/office_of_the_president/american-democracy/overview/">https://www.americanbar.org/groups/leadership/office_of_the_president/american-democracy/overview/</a> (to wit, "public conversations with a broad spectrum of Americans to hear their concerns, experiences, and suggestions for restoring and preserving our democracy rule of law").<br />Bob Coates of The Nelson A. Rockefeller Center at Dartmouth has indicated that such a conversation event could not be done at Dartmouth prior to the January 23rd New Hampshire primary election, and he mentioned the Rudman Center for Justice, Leadership & Public Service as an alternative possibility.<br />Accordingly, I am sending this email to you for your consideration.<br />Please note that, at the end of the below email correspondence, there is an email for the New Hampshire Bar Association that I directed to its President Mr. Paul Chant, who, I see, is on the Rudman Center Advisory Board.<br />As I indicated to Bob Coates, I am in the dark as to whether the ABA Task Force for American Democracy has any interest in a public conversation event at Dartmouth, or elsewhere in New Hampshire such as at the University of New Hampshire.<br />For your information, I am copying on this email Bob Coates; Dartmouth Professor Linda Fowler: ABA Task Force Vice Chair William Ide and the two Task Force reporters; my contact at the Alabama State Bar; and Jeff Carton, President of the Dartmouth Lawyers Association, who may have New Hampshire lawyer contacts who would push for a New Hampshire conversation event.<br />Thank you very much for your attention to this email.<br />Sincerely,<br />Rob Shattuck<br />Mountain Brook, AL</div><div><br /></div><b>Email to The Dartmouth and The Dartmouth Review</b><br />Rob Shattuck <rdshatt@aol.com><br />To: editor@thedartmouth.com <editor@thedartmouth.com>; editor@dartreview.com <editor@dartreview.com><br />Cc: Robert B. Coates <robert.b.coates@dartmouth.edu>; Linda L. Fowler <linda.l.fowler@dartmouth.edu><br />Sent: Sunday, December 24, 2023 at 08:19:59 AM CST<br />Subject: Editorialize and survey Dartmouth students re "Did Donald Trump engage in insurrection on Jan. 6th?"<br />In the quadrennial tradition of Dartmouth having timely significance in the Presidential election, I have noted the upcoming campus speaking events of Liz Cheney, "An Oath to Defend Democracy," on January 5th, and of Jamie Raskin, "Democracy vs. Autocracy," on January 8th.<br />All things considered, I think The Dartmouth and The Dartmouth Review should editorialize regarding the question: "Did Donald Trump engage in insurrection on Jan. 6th?" and should conduct student surveys on the question.<br />For information about the lead up to this email, please read <a href="https://al6thcongdist-ihaveuntiljan13.blogspot.com/2023/12/iowa-caucuses-new-hampshire-primary.html">https://al6thcongdist-ihaveuntiljan13.blogspot.com/2023/12/iowa-caucuses-new-hampshire-primary.html</a><br />Thank you for your attention to this email.<br />Sincerely,<br />Rob Shattuck<br />Mountain Brook, AL<br />Dartmouth class of 1969<br /><div><br /></div><b>Email to Dartmouth College President Sian Leah Beilock</b><br />From: Rob Shattuck <rdshatt@aol.com><br />To: President's.Office@Dartmouth.EDU <president's.office@dartmouth.edu><br />Cc: editor@thedartmouth.com <editor@thedartmouth.com>; editor@dartreview.com <editor@dartreview.com>; Robert B. Coates <robert.b.coates@dartmouth.edu>; Linda L. Fowler <linda.l.fowler@dartmouth.edu>; Jeff Carton <jcarton@denleacarton.com>; cborton@maynardnexsen.com <cborton@maynardnexsen.com>; ddowd@burr.com <ddowd@burr.com>; president@ua.edu <president@ua.edu>; "ajbauer2@ua.edu" <ajbauer2@ua.edu>; lee@treadbylee.com <lee@treadbylee.com>; blyman@alabamareflector.com <blyman@alabamareflector.com>; Kay Norred <knorred@wvua23.com><br />Sent: Monday, December 25, 2023 at 09:34:54 AM CST<br />Subject: Did Donald Trump engage in insurrection on Jan. 6th?<br />Dear President Beilock:<br />I am a retired lawyer in Alabama and Dartmouth class of 1969.<br />I have tried to ask University of Alabama President Stuart Bell whether he believes Donald Trump engaged in insurrection on Jan. 6th. My email asking President Bell this is set forth below.<br />In the quadrennial tradition of Dartmouth having timely significance in the Presidential election, I see there are upcoming campus speaking events of Liz Cheney, "An Oath to Defend Democracy," on January 5th, and of Jamie Raskin, "Democracy vs. Autocracy," on January 8th.<br />These led me to email The Dartmouth and The Dartmouth Review, urging them to editorialize regarding the question: "Did Donald Trump engage in insurrection on Jan. 6th?" and conduct student surveys on the question.<br />All things considered, I think your Office of the President should issue a statement to the College calling attention to the perilous condition the United States is in, the importance of democracy in the country's moving through said perilous condition, and the special opportunity the Dartmouth community has in January to have much timely conversation about democracy.<br />Thank you for your attention to this email.<br />Sincerely,<br />Rob Shattuck<br />Mountain Brook, AL <div>[referenced email to University of Alabama President Stuart Bell can be found at <a href="https://al6thcongdist-ihaveuntiljan13.blogspot.com/2023/12/what-will-happen-to-united-states-in.html">https://al6thcongdist-ihaveuntiljan13.blogspot.com/2023/12/what-will-happen-to-united-states-in.html</a>]</div><div><br /></div><b>Email to Thomas K. Dean, senior presidential writer/editor for U. of Iowa President Wilson</b><br />From: Rob Shattuck <rdshatt@aol.com><br />To: thomas-k-dean@uiowa.edu <thomas-k-dean@uiowa.edu><br />Sent: Tuesday, December 26, 2023 at 06:32:19 PM CST<br />Subject: Pres. Wilson should issue statement to U. of Iowa community like what I am urging on Dartmouth Pres. Beilock<br />Dear Mr. Dean,<br />In light of the perilous condition of the United States, the importance of democracy for moving through said perilous condition, and Iowa's special role in the Presidential election, I think President Wilson should issue a statement to the university community like what I am urging on Dartmouth College President Sian Leah Beilock, and calling for the University of Iowa community to have much timely conversation about democracy prior to the Iowa caucuses on January 15th.<br />For your information, appended below is the email I sent to Dartmouth President Beilock.<br />I hope you will consider this a salubrious suggestion, and I thank you for your attention to this email.<br />Sincerely,<br />Rob Shattuck<br />Mountain Brook, AL<div><br /></div><b>Email to Professor Greabe and University of New Hampshire President Dean</b><br />From: Rob Shattuck <rdshatt@aol.com><br />To: John Greabe <john.greabe@law.unh.edu>; James.Dean@unh.edu <james.dean@unh.edu><br />Sent: Wednesday, December 27, 2023 at 06:12:00 PM CST<br />Subject: Re: ABA Task Force for American Democracy public conversation event at University of New Hampshire<br />Dear Professor Greabe and President Dean:<br />Professor Greabe informed me that the Rudman Center was not in a position to organize an ABA Task Force for American Democracy public conversation event at the University of New Hampshire prior to the January 23rd New Hampshire primary.<br />Dartmouth College was also not in a position to organize such a conversation event at Dartmouth, and I sent to Dartmouth College President Sian Leah Beilock an email urging that her office issue a statement to the College calling attention to the perilous condition the United States is in, the importance of democracy in the country's moving through said perilous condition, and the special opportunity the Dartmouth community has in January to have much timely conversation about democracy. (My email to President Beilock is set forth immediately below.)<br />I pass this along to President Dean for his consideration of issuance of a similar such statement to the University of New Hampshire Community.<br />Underneath the email to President Beilock is Professor Greabe's email reply to me and a bunch of back up email correspondence.<br />I will likely take up Professor Greabe's suggestion to contact the Institute of Politics at St. Anselm’s College.<br />Thanks to both you on this.<br />Sincerely,<br />Rob Shattuck<br />Mountain Brook, AL<div><br /><b>Email to New Hampshire Institute of Politics</b><br />From: Rob Shattuck <rdshatt@aol.com><br />To: nlevesque@anselm.edu <nlevesque@anselm.edu><br />Sent: Wednesday, December 27, 2023 at 06:40:33 PM CST<br />Subject: New Hampshire Institute of Politics and ABA Task Force for American Democracy<br />Dear Mr. Levesque,<br />The American Bar Association has a Task Force for American Democracy that is engaged in a year long mission that is set out at <a href="https://www.americanbar.org/groups/leadership/office_of_the_president/american-democracy/overview/">https://www.americanbar.org/groups/leadership/office_of_the_president/american-democracy/overview/</a>.<br />I am not a member of the Task Force, and, on my own initiative, I have been trying to utilize the New Hampshire primary election as an opportunity for the New Hampshire Bar Association, Dartmouth College and the University of New Hampshire to participate in the Task Force's mission to "host public conversations with a broad spectrum of Americans to hear their concerns, experiences, and suggestions for restoring and preserving our democracy rule of law."<br />What I have done so far in this regard is indicated at <a href="https://al6thcongdist-ihaveuntiljan13.blogspot.com/2023/12/iowa-caucuses-new-hampshire-primary.html">https://al6thcongdist-ihaveuntiljan13.blogspot.com/2023/12/iowa-caucuses-new-hampshire-primary.html</a>.<br />I am sending you this email for the New Hampshire Institute of Politics to consider doing something on this.<br />I hope you will.<br />Sincerely,<br />Rob Shattuck<br />Mountain Brook, AL</div><div><br /></div><b>Email to South Carolina Bar</b><br />From: Rob Shattuck <rdshatt@aol.com><br />To: rusty.infinger@p3-group.com <rusty.infinger@p3-group.com>; bill.ide@akerman.com <bill.ide@akerman.com><br />Cc: scbar-info@scbar.org <scbar-info@scbar.org>; marty@mitchellmeadows.com <marty@mitchellmeadows.com>; emyang@wstrongllc.com <emyang@wstrongllc.com><br />Sent: Friday, December 29, 2023 at 07:09:34 AM CST<br />Subject: South Carolina Bar and American Bar Association Task Force for American Democracy<br />Dear Mr. Infinger, President of the South Carolina Bar, and Mr. Ide, Vice Chair of<br />the American Bar Association Task Force for American Democracy:<br />I am not a member of the American Bar Association Task Force for American Democracy.<br />Since August I have been advocating for the Alabama State Bar and other state bar associations to undertake supportive activities relative to the Task Force and its year long mission that is set out at <a href="https://www.americanbar.org/groups/leadership/office_of_the_president/american-democracy/overview/">https://www.americanbar.org/groups/leadership/office_of_the_president/american-democracy/overview/</a>.<br />Early on I informed Mr. Ide of what I was doing, <a href="https://al6thcongdist-ihaveuntiljan13.blogspot.com/2023/08/american-bar-association-task-force-for.html">https://al6thcongdist-ihaveuntiljan13.blogspot.com/2023/08/american-bar-association-task-force-for.html</a>, and I have kept him informed.<br />Most recently I have focused on the Iowa and New Hampshire bar associations in light of the January 15th Iowa caucuses and the January 23rd New Hampshire primary election. See <a href="https://al6thcongdist-ihaveuntiljan13.blogspot.com/2023/12/iowa-caucuses-new-hampshire-primary.html">https://al6thcongdist-ihaveuntiljan13.blogspot.com/2023/12/iowa-caucuses-new-hampshire-primary.html</a>.<br />Next up in the presidential election cycle after Iowa and New Hampshire is South Carolina.<br />If the South Carolina Bar is not already undertaking activities in furtherance of the mission of the American Bar Association Task Force for American Democracy, I urge the South Carolina Bar to initiate the same forthwith. (I assume Mr. Ide agrees with me.)<br />Thank you for your attention to this email.<br />Sincerely,<br />Rob Shattuck<br />Mountain Brook, AL<br /><br /><b>Email to University of South Carolina President and Dean of law school</b><br />From: Rob Shattuck <rdshatt@aol.com><br />To: president@sc.edu <president@sc.edu>; whubbard@law.sc.edu <whubbard@law.sc.edu><br />Sent: Friday, December 29, 2023 at 09:11:48 AM CST<br />Subject: University of South Carolina and the American Bar Association Task Force for American Democracy<br />Dear President Amiridis and Dean Hubbard:<br />Please see the below email I sent to the South Carolina Bar, urging it to undertake activities in furtherance of the year long mission of the American Bar Association Task Force for American Democracy that is set out at <a href="https://www.americanbar.org/groups/leadership/office_of_the_president/american-democracy/overview/">https://www.americanbar.org/groups/leadership/office_of_the_president/american-democracy/overview/</a>.<br />I think the University of South Carolina and the Joseph F. Rice School of Law can play a valuable role here. (FWIW, see emails I have sent to Dartmouth College, the University of New Hampshire and the University of Iowa that are posted at <a href="https://al6thcongdist-ihaveuntiljan13.blogspot.com/2023/12/iowa-caucuses-new-hampshire-primary.html">https://al6thcongdist-ihaveuntiljan13.blogspot.com/2023/12/iowa-caucuses-new-hampshire-primary.html</a>.)<br />I hope you will undertake something here.<br />Thank you for your attention to this email.<br />Sincerely,<br />Rob Shattuck<br />Mountain Brook, AL<br /><br /><b>Email to Clemson University President</b><br />From: Rob Shattuck <rdshatt@aol.com><br />To: president@clemson.edu <president@clemson.edu>; david.dukes@nelsonmullins.com <david.dukes@nelsonmullins.com><br />Sent: Friday, December 29, 2023 at 10:16:05 AM CST<br />Subject: Clemson University and the American Bar Association Task Force for American Democracy<br />Dear Clemson President Clements and Clemson Trustee David E. Dukes:<br />Please see the below email I sent to the South Carolina Bar, urging it to undertake activities in furtherance of the year long mission of the American Bar Association Task Force for American Democracy that is set out at <a href="https://www.americanbar.org/groups/leadership/office_of_the_president/american-democracy/overview/">https://www.americanbar.org/groups/leadership/office_of_the_president/american-democracy/overview/</a>.<br />I think Clemson University can play a valuable role here. (FWIW, see emails I have sent to Dartmouth College, the University of New Hampshire and the University of Iowa that are posted at <a href="https://al6thcongdist-ihaveuntiljan13.blogspot.com/2023/12/iowa-caucuses-new-hampshire-primary.html">https://al6thcongdist-ihaveuntiljan13.blogspot.com/2023/12/iowa-caucuses-new-hampshire-primary.html</a>.)<br />I hope you will undertake something here.<br />Thank you for your attention to this email.<br />Sincerely,<br />Rob Shattuck<br />Mountain Brook, AL<br />Rob Shattuckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02707865352312442808noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7154436047525645.post-50029297762143209972023-12-20T04:40:00.024-06:002024-03-04T03:15:46.904-06:00Did Donald Trump engage in insurrection on Jan. 6th?
<p>[Edit 12/22: I posted this blog entry two days ago with the title "What will happen to United States in 2024 elections?" I have changed that title today to "Did Donald Trump engage in insurrection on Jan. 6th?", and that is the question I will try to get the below referenced "all-star cast" to answer.]</p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Among those in the audience were local and state officials who couldn’t be prouder of the Capstone as it hosted a tradition that goes back over half a century. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/alpolitics?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#alpolitics</a><a href="https://t.co/T364lHRBPq">https://t.co/T364lHRBPq</a></p>— Yellowhammer News (@yhn) <a href="https://twitter.com/yhn/status/1736865060524351667?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 18, 2023</a></blockquote>The above article reports that there was an "all-star cast of legislators, government and corporate executives, university administrators, major party donors and industry association chiefs alongside the crowd of GOP officials and national political influencers. who gathered to see history in the making in Tuscaloosa." The article reported that the debate was lauded for showcasing Alabama and the University of Alabama on the national stage; introducing the candidates to Alabama, who may return to Alabama in future capacities; and for the tourism and economic impact. <br /><br />More importantly, I think, is that the debate was, and continues to be, an opportunity to delve into the question: "What will happen to the United States in 2024 elections?" [Edit 12/22: question has been changed to: "Did Donald Trump engage in insurrection on Jan. 6th?",] <br /><br />The above article listed the below attendees.<br />Greg Reed, President Pro Tem of the Alabama State Senate<br />Bill Poole, Alabama Finance Director<br />Twinkle Cavanaugh, President of the Alabama Public Service Commission<br />Attorney General Steve Marshall<br />State Senator Lance Bell (Pell City)<br />State Senator Gerald Allen (Tuscaloosa)<br />State Representative Danny Garrett (Trussville)<br />State Representative Rhett Marques (Enterprise)<br />State Representative Cynthia Almond (Tuscaloosa)<br />State Representative Ron Bolton (Northport)<br />State Representative Bill Lamb (Tuscaloosa)<br />Secretary of State Wes Allen<br />Ed Aldag, Medical Properties Trust CEO<br />Phill Webb, CEO Webb Concrete and Building Services<br />Kevin Savoy, President Great Southern Wood Preserving<br />Robert Dohr, President of the American Enterprise Institute<br />Paul Pinyan, Executive Director Alabama Farmers Federation<br />Walt Maddox, Mayor of Tuscaloosa<br />Dr. Stuart Bell, President of the University of Alabama<br />Finis St. John, Chancellor of the University of Alabama System<br />Scott Phelps, President of the University of Alabama System Board of Trustees<br />Bill Battle, former UA Athletic Director <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script><div><br /></div><div>I will endeavor to pose to them the question: What will happen to United States in 2024 elections?". [Edit 12/22: question has been changed to: "Did Donald Trump engage in insurrection on Jan. 6th?",] </div><div><br /></div><b>Email to UA Professor Bauer</b><br />From: Rob Shattuck <rdshatt@aol.com><br />To: ajbauer2@ua.edu <ajbauer2@ua.edu><br />Cc: lee@treadbylee.com <lee@treadbylee.com>; blyman@alabamareflector.com <blyman@alabamareflector.com>; Kay Norred <knorred@wvua23.com><br />Sent: Wednesday, December 20, 2023 at 06:19:53 PM CST<br />Subject: "What did UA students think of Vivek Ramaswamy calling ‘the climate change agenda’ a hoax?"<br />Dear Professor Bauer,<br />This email is prompted by Lee Hedgepeth's article <a href="https://alabamareflector.com/2023/12/12/what-did-ua-students-think-of-vivek-ramaswamy-calling-the-climate-change-agenda-a-hoax/">https://alabamareflector.com/2023/12/12/what-did-ua-students-think-of-vivek-ramaswamy-calling-the-climate-change-agenda-a-hoax/</a>, which uses the Dec. 6th debate to focus on younger Americans and the climate and reports your views related to same.<br />I was keen on Alabama TV and other news outlets availing of the Dec. 6th debate to provide to Alabamians important information for their consideration in the 2024 elections. As set out at <a href="https://al6thcongdist-ihaveuntiljan13.blogspot.com/2023/12/alabama-and-debate.html">https://al6thcongdist-ihaveuntiljan13.blogspot.com/2023/12/alabama-and-debate.html</a>, my efforts have led to my sending you this email.<br />What I have decided to do now is to try to pose a question to the "all-star cast of legislators, government and corporate executives, university administrators, major party donors and industry association chiefs alongside the crowd of GOP officials and national political influencers. who gathered to see history in the making in Tuscaloosa." <a href="https://yellowhammernews.com/alabamas-most-influential-leaders-attended-incredible-gop-debate-at-the-university-of-alabama/">https://yellowhammernews.com/alabamas-most-influential-leaders-attended-incredible-gop-debate-at-the-university-of-alabama/</a><br />The question I am going to try to pose is: "What will happen to the United States in the 2024 elections?" <a href="https://al6thcongdist-ihaveuntiljan13.blogspot.com/2023/12/what-will-happen-to-united-states-in.html">https://al6thcongdist-ihaveuntiljan13.blogspot.com/2023/12/what-will-happen-to-united-states-in.html</a>.<br />Wish me luck in getting any answers from the aforesaid "all-star cast."<br />Sincerely,<br />Rob Shattuck<div>[Edit 12/22 The question I am going to try to pose has been changed to "Did Donald Trump engage in insurrection on Jan. 6th?".]</div><div>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en"><a href="https://twitter.com/ALGOP?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@ALGOP</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/ChairmanWahl?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@ChairmanWahl</a> <br />Please answer the question:<br />"Did Donald Trump engage in insurrection on Jan. 6th?" <a href="https://t.co/2xxoVSmGQ9">https://t.co/2xxoVSmGQ9</a><br />Thank you.<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/alpolitics?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#alpolitics</a> <a href="https://t.co/bMbmvdzjTy">https://t.co/bMbmvdzjTy</a></p>— Rob Shattuck (@RobShattuckAL06) <a href="https://twitter.com/RobShattuckAL06/status/1738127259913859580?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 22, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Alabama Republican leaders, please answer the question:<br />"Did Donald Trump engage in insurrection on Jan. 6th?" <a href="https://t.co/2xxoVSmGQ9">https://t.co/2xxoVSmGQ9</a><br />Thank you.<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/alpolitics?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#alpolitics</a> <a href="https://t.co/LFcwcCzfpc">https://t.co/LFcwcCzfpc</a></p>— Rob Shattuck (@RobShattuckAL06) <a href="https://twitter.com/RobShattuckAL06/status/1738127508761919666?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 22, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script></div>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en"><a href="https://twitter.com/BMooreCongress?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@BMooreCongress</a><br />Did Donald Trump engage in insurrection on Jan. 6th? <a href="https://t.co/2xxoVSmGQ9">https://t.co/2xxoVSmGQ9</a><br />Thanks.<br /> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/alpolitics?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#alpolitics</a> <a href="https://t.co/rChztUJNdk">pic.twitter.com/rChztUJNdk</a></p>— Rob Shattuck (@RobShattuckAL06) <a href="https://twitter.com/RobShattuckAL06/status/1738140240840171902?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 22, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Please say whether you believe Donald Trump engaged in insurrection on Jan. 6th.<a href="https://t.co/2xxoVSmGQ9">https://t.co/2xxoVSmGQ9</a><br />Thanks.<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/alpolitics?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#alpolitics</a></p>— Rob Shattuck (@RobShattuckAL06) <a href="https://twitter.com/RobShattuckAL06/status/1738144204239380490?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 22, 2023</a></blockquote><b>Email to University of Alabama President Bell</b><br /> From: Rob Shattuck <rdshatt@aol.com><br />To: president@ua.edu <president@ua.edu><br />Cc: ajbauer2@ua.edu <ajbauer2@ua.edu>; "lee@treadbylee.com" <lee@treadbylee.com>; blyman@alabamareflector.com <blyman@alabamareflector.com>; Kay Norred <knorred@wvua23.com><br />Sent: Friday, December 22, 2023 at 12:16:42 PM CST<br />Subject: Did Donald Trump engage in insurrection on Jan. 6th?<br />Dear University of Alabama President Bell:<br />You are identified as one of an "all-star cast of legislators, government and corporate executives, university administrators, major party donors and industry association chiefs alongside the crowd of GOP officials and national political influencers. who gathered [for the Dec. 6th debate] to see history in the making in Tuscaloosa." <a href="https://yellowhammernews.com/alabamas-most-influential-leaders-attended-incredible-gop-debate-at-the-university-of-alabama/">https://yellowhammernews.com/alabamas-most-influential-leaders-attended-incredible-gop-debate-at-the-university-of-alabama/</a><br />I wish to ask you whether you believe Donald Trump engaged in insurrection on Jan. 6th.<br />I would like to post whatever you say on my blog at <a href="https://al6thcongdist-ihaveuntiljan13.blogspot.com/2023/12/what-will-happen-to-united-states-in.html">https://al6thcongdist-ihaveuntiljan13.blogspot.com/2023/12/what-will-happen-to-united-states-in.html</a>.<br />Thank you for whatever reply you can give to my question.<br />Sincerely,<br />Rob Shattuck<br />Mountain Brook, AL<div><br /></div><b>Email to Caroleene Dobson, Republican candidate in 2nd Cong'l district</b><br />From: Rob Shattuck <rdshatt@aol.com><br />To: cdobson@maynardnexsen.com <cdobson@maynardnexsen.com><br />Cc: cborton@maynardnexsen.com <cborton@maynardnexsen.com>; ddowd@burr.com <ddowd@burr.com>; Chris Christie <chris.christie@dentons.com><br />Sent: Friday, December 22, 2023 at 07:19:56 PM CST<br />Subject: Did Donald Trump engage in insurrection on Jan. 6th<br />Caroleene:<br />I cannot find on your campaign website an email address for communicating to you, so I am using your law firm email.<br />Can you please say whether you believe Donald Trump engaged in insurrection on Jan. 6th?<br />While I am not a voter in the 2nd Congressional district, it would seem generally relevant that a Congressional candidate have an understanding of what insurrection is or is not, in order to be a Congressional lawmaker having an oath of office to preserve, protect and defend the Constitution, and needing to make voting decisions in Congress about laws for preserving, protecting and defending the Constitution, or not.<br />I will post any reply you provide me on my blog at <a href="https://al6thcongdist-ihaveuntiljan13.blogspot.com/2023/12/what-will-happen-to-united-states-in.html">https://al6thcongdist-ihaveuntiljan13.blogspot.com/2023/12/what-will-happen-to-united-states-in.html</a>.<br />Thank you very much.<br />Sincerely,<br />Rob Shattuck<br />Mountain Brook <div><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Revised:<br />In special episode with jurists, just as with "all-star cast" at GOP Presidential primary debate in Tuscaloosa, ask jurists question: "Did Donald Trump engage in insurrection on Jan. 6th?"<a href="https://t.co/2xxoVSneFH">https://t.co/2xxoVSneFH</a><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/alpolitics?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#alpolitics</a> <a href="https://t.co/3L61mzUEgm">https://t.co/3L61mzUEgm</a></p>— Rob Shattuck (@RobShattuckAL06) <a href="https://twitter.com/RobShattuckAL06/status/1738514904573989345?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 23, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script></div>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Should candidates for Congress such as yourself answer question: "Do you think Donald Trump engaged in insurrection on Jan. 6th?"<br />See email I sent yesterday to Cong'l candidate <a href="https://twitter.com/DobsonForAL?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@DobsonForAL</a> saying why she should answer question. Email is at <a href="https://t.co/2xxoVSmGQ9">https://t.co/2xxoVSmGQ9</a><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/alpolitics?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#alpolitics</a></p>— Rob Shattuck (@RobShattuckAL06) <a href="https://twitter.com/RobShattuckAL06/status/1738520217137877221?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 23, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">New evidence for "all-star cast" at Tuscaloosa debate in answering question: Did Trump engage in insurrection on Jan. 6th? <a href="https://t.co/2xxoVSmGQ9">https://t.co/2xxoVSmGQ9</a><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/alpolitics?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#alpolitics</a> <br />Trump recorded pressuring MI GOP canvassers not to certify 2020 election results<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/alpolitics?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#alpolitics</a><a href="https://t.co/HhbwDkf4wx">https://t.co/HhbwDkf4wx</a></p>— Rob Shattuck (@RobShattuckAL06) <a href="https://twitter.com/RobShattuckAL06/status/1738562930537320958?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 23, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">I guess I could be considered on a mission to get AG Marshall (along with other ALGOP'ers) to answer the question:<br />Did Donald Trump engage in insurrection on Jan. 6th?<a href="https://t.co/2xxoVSmGQ9">https://t.co/2xxoVSmGQ9</a><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/alpolitics?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#alpolitics</a> <a href="https://t.co/5y9i7Mian3">https://t.co/5y9i7Mian3</a></p>— Rob Shattuck (@RobShattuckAL06) <a href="https://twitter.com/RobShattuckAL06/status/1738574262074569010?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 23, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">I would be more encouraged about the future of our state and our country if Sen Britt would answer the question:<br />"Did Donald Trump engage in insurrection on Jan. 6th?" <a href="https://t.co/2xxoVSmGQ9">https://t.co/2xxoVSmGQ9</a><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/alpolitics?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#alpolitics</a> <a href="https://t.co/3Vzep2LMLc">https://t.co/3Vzep2LMLc</a></p>— Rob Shattuck (@RobShattuckAL06) <a href="https://twitter.com/RobShattuckAL06/status/1738870024981418367?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 24, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">2024's $64,000 question:<br />Did Donald Trump, on January 6, 2021, violate his oath of office to preserve, protect and defend the constitution?<a href="https://t.co/2xxoVSmGQ9">https://t.co/2xxoVSmGQ9</a><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/alpolitics?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#alpolitics</a> <a href="https://t.co/dcrsmnpDrR">https://t.co/dcrsmnpDrR</a></p>— Rob Shattuck (@RobShattuckAL06) <a href="https://twitter.com/RobShattuckAL06/status/1742702593627820499?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 4, 2024</a> </blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">For filing in <a href="https://t.co/HhD5YRfJJh">https://t.co/HhD5YRfJJh</a> and<a href="https://t.co/2xxoVSmGQ9">https://t.co/2xxoVSmGQ9</a><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/al06?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#al06</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/alpolitics?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#alpolitics</a> <br />Rep. Gary Palmer: ‘I hold the president responsible for sending those people to the Capitol’ <a href="https://t.co/AHEoyjIoFZ">https://t.co/AHEoyjIoFZ</a> via <a href="https://twitter.com/yhn?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@yhn</a></p>— Rob Shattuck (@RobShattuckAL06) <a href="https://twitter.com/RobShattuckAL06/status/1763580986447540527?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 1, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">For filing in "Did Donald Trump engage in insurrection on Jan. 6th?" <a href="https://t.co/2xxoVSmGQ9">https://t.co/2xxoVSmGQ9</a><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/alpolitics?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#alpolitics</a><br />Supreme Court to release decisions Monday, with Trump Colorado ruling a strong possibility <a href="https://t.co/ZAnsmVj9Al">https://t.co/ZAnsmVj9Al</a> via <a href="https://twitter.com/NBCNews?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@nbcnews</a></p>— Rob Shattuck (@RobShattuckAL06) <a href="https://twitter.com/RobShattuckAL06/status/1764576856861262026?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 4, 2024</a></blockquote><b>My thoughts regarding Colorado case</b><br /> I have been following the Colorado case and don't understand this:<br /><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;">When and how, if at all, does any party have any standing to enforce, or try to enforce, Section 3 of Amendment 14 to keep Donald Trump from being President of the United States again?</blockquote>SCOTUS may hold that Section 3 does not apply to the office of the United States President.<br />Also, SCOTUS may hold that Section 3 is not a bar to a person being President without there being on the books "appropriate" Congressional legislation enforcing Section 3, and there is no such "appropriate" legislation on the books.<br />Either of the foregoing holdings would answer my question and would say that no party can enforce, or try to enforce, Section 3 of Amendment 14 to keep Donald Trump from being President of the United States again (except Congress being able to enact legislation under Section 5 that would be an avenue for barring Trump under Section 3).<br />To me it seems that the country is deserving of a definitive pronouncement from SCOTUS regarding the foregoing, either in the Colorado case or in other litigation that is brought if the Colorado case does not result in definitive pronouncement from SCOTUS regarding the foregoing.<br />In the commentary about the Colorado case that I have heard, I have not heard any commentator discussing litigation that can and should be undertaken if SCOTUS does not make definitive pronouncement about the foregoing in the Colorado case.<br />Maybe I am off base in thinking that there should be discussion about litigation that can and should be undertaken if SCOTUS does not make definitive pronouncement about the foregoing in the Colorado case. <br /> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script>Rob Shattuckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02707865352312442808noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7154436047525645.post-68430096511024624742023-12-16T07:50:00.022-06:002024-01-23T16:31:49.882-06:00Alabama State Bar default re ABA Task Force for American Democracy<b>Email to Birmingham Bar Association and Birmingham Business Alliance</b><br />From: Rob Shattuck <rdshatt@aol.com><br />To: Jennifer Buettner <jbuettner@birminghambar.org>; sammons@birminghambusinessalliance.com <sammons@birminghambusinessalliance.com><br />Cc: Terri B. Lovell <terri.lovell@alabar.org>; hduncan@bcatoday.org <hduncan@bcatoday.org>; "amcewan@samford.edu" <amcewan@samford.edu>; mwithers@samford.edu <mwithers@samford.edu>; jcobia@samford.edu <jcobia@samford.edu>; dburch1@samford.edu <dburch1@samford.edu>; Christopher Jones <jonesc1@uab.edu>; Mike Wright <mwright@waaytv.com>; Kay Norred <knorred@wvua23.com><br />Sent: Thursday, December 14, 2023 at 11:24:08 AM CST<br />Subject: Alabama State Bar default and the American Bar Association Tax Force for American Democracy<br />Dear Ms. Buettner and Mr. Ammons,<br />The Alabama State Bar is ostensibly defaulting on undertaking supportive activities in Alabama relative to the American Bar Association Task Force for American Democracy and its year long mission that is set out in the statement at <a href="https://www.americanbar.org/groups/leadership/office_of_the_president/american-democracy/overview/">https://www.americanbar.org/groups/leadership/office_of_the_president/american-democracy/overview/</a> (see the below email).<br />Given this default by the Alabama State Bar, I wish to call on the Birmingham Bar Association and the Birmingham Business Alliance to host a public conversation in Birmingham "with a broad spectrum of [area residents] to hear their concerns, experiences, and suggestions for restoring and preserving our democracy rule of law" (quoted words from the Task Force mission statement).<br />I hope the Birmingham Bar Association and the Birmingham Business Alliance will undertake something here.<br />I have previously contacted UAB and Samford University on this idea; they may be in a position to help out on this; and I am copying my contacts at UAB and Samford on this email.<br />Thank you for your consideration.<br />Sincerely,<br />Rob Shattuck<br />Mountain Brook<br /><div style="outline: none;"><div id="ydpf34ee1e0yiv6276967890" style="outline: none;"><div style="outline: none;"><div class="ydpf34ee1e0yiv6276967890ydpb640e841yahoo-style-wrap" style="outline: none;"><div dir="ltr" style="outline: none;"><div dir="ltr" style="outline: none;">--------------</div></div><div dir="ltr" style="outline: none;"><div style="outline: none;"><span face="Trebuchet MS, Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif"><div style="background-color: inherit; color: #26282a; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: small; outline: none;"><b style="outline: none;">To:</b> Terri B. Lovell <terri.lovell@alabar.org></div><div style="background-color: inherit; color: #26282a; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: small; outline: none;"><b style="outline: none;">Cc:</b> Jennifer Buettner <jbuettner@birminghambar.org>; director@huntsvillebar.org <director@huntsvillebar.org>; flatta@burr.com <flatta@burr.com>; suzanneduffey@mc-ala.org <suzanneduffey@mc-ala.org>; wbrewbak@law.ua.edu <wbrewbak@law.ua.edu>; dburch1@samford.edu <dburch1@samford.edu>; bill.ide@akerman.com <bill.ide@akerman.com>; marty@mitchellmeadows.com <marty@mitchellmeadows.com>; emyang@wstrongllc.com <emyang@wstrongllc.com>; wes.allen@sos.alabama.gov <wes.allen@sos.alabama.gov>; britneymgarner@gmail.com <britneymgarner@gmail.com>; john@johnhmerrill.com <john@johnhmerrill.com></div><div style="background-color: inherit; color: #26282a; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: small; outline: none;"><b style="outline: none;">Sent:</b> Monday, December 11, 2023 at 08:17:37 AM CST</div><div style="background-color: inherit; color: #26282a; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: small; outline: none;"><b style="outline: none;">Subject:</b> AL Sec. of State Allen and ABA Task Force for American Democracy</div><div style="background-color: inherit; color: #26282a; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: small; outline: none;"><span style="background-color: inherit; color: #0f1419; font-size: medium;">Dear Terri,</span></div></span><div style="outline: none;"><div id="ydpf34ee1e0yiv6276967890ydp4b6b9494yiv2921678526" style="outline: none;"><span face="Trebuchet MS, Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif"><div class="ydpf34ee1e0yiv6276967890ydp4b6b9494yiv2921678526ydpdaa592feyahoo-style-wrap" style="background-color: inherit; color: #26282a; font-family: arial; font-size: 16px; outline: none;"><div id="ydpf34ee1e0yiv6276967890ydp4b6b9494yiv2921678526ydpdaa592feyiv5466611213" style="outline: none;"><div class="ydpf34ee1e0yiv6276967890ydp4b6b9494yiv2921678526ydpdaa592feyiv5466611213yahoo-style-wrap" style="outline: none;"><div dir="ltr" style="outline: none;"><span face="Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: small; outline: none;"><span style="color: #0f1419; outline: none;"><span style="background-color: inherit; outline: none;">On Saturday Secretary of State Wes Allen tweeted about an appearance he apparently made before the Alabama Federation of Republican Women. His tweet at </span></span><a href="https://twitter.com/alasecofstate/status/1733517107521012171" rel="nofollow" style="color: #196ad4; outline: none;" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/alasecofstate/status/1733517107521012171</a><span style="color: #0f1419; outline: none;"><span style="background-color: inherit; outline: none;"> said:</span></span></span></div></div></div></div><blockquote style="background-color: inherit; border: none; color: #26282a; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: small; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><div class="ydpf34ee1e0yiv6276967890ydp4b6b9494yiv2921678526ydpdaa592feyahoo-style-wrap" style="outline: none;"><div class="ydpf34ee1e0yiv6276967890ydp4b6b9494yiv2921678526ydpdaa592feyiv5466611213yahoo-style-wrap" style="outline: none;"><div dir="ltr" style="outline: none;"><span style="color: #0f1419; outline: none;"><span face="Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: inherit; font-size: small; outline: none;">The Alabama Federation of Republican Women values honest & accountable government. I was proud to stand before them & explain how Alabama has the cleanest and most accurate voter rolls we’ve ever had with the development of the Alabama Voter Integrity Database (AVID).</span></span></div></div></div></blockquote><div style="background-color: inherit; color: #26282a; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: small; outline: none;"><span style="background-color: inherit; color: #0f1419; outline: none;"><span face="Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: inherit; font-size: small; outline: none;">The mission statement of the American Bar Association Task Force for American Democracy says it "</span></span><span style="background-color: inherit; font-size: medium; outline: none;">will, on a nonpartisan basis, solicit the views of a wide array of state election officials, present and former elected officials, academics, think tanks, public interest and other stakeholder organizations, and everyday voters."</span></div></span><div class="ydpf34ee1e0yiv6276967890ydp4b6b9494yiv2921678526ydpdaa592feyahoo-style-wrap" style="outline: none;"><div class="ydpf34ee1e0yiv6276967890ydp4b6b9494yiv2921678526ydpdaa592feyiv5466611213yahoo-style-wrap" style="outline: none;"><span face="Trebuchet MS, Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif"><div dir="ltr" style="background-color: inherit; color: #26282a; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: small; outline: none;"><span style="color: #0f1419; outline: none;"><span face="Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: inherit; font-size: small; outline: none;">In August, I sent the below email to Secretary Allen related to the ABA Task Force. Secretary Allen has not replied to me.</span></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="background-color: inherit; color: #26282a; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: small; outline: none;"><span face="Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: small; outline: none;"><span style="color: #0f1419; outline: none;"><span style="background-color: inherit; outline: none;"><span style="color: black; outline: none;">I still don't know what, if anything, the Alabama State Bar is doing in Alabama relative to<span style="background-color: inherit; outline: none;"> the ABA Task Force and its year long mission </span><span style="background-color: inherit; outline: none;">set out </span></span></span></span><a href="https://www.americanbar.org/groups/leadership/office_of_the_president/american-democracy/overview/" rel="nofollow" style="color: #196ad4; outline: none;" target="_blank">https://www.americanbar.org/groups/leadership/office_of_the_president/american-democracy/overview/</a>.</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="background-color: inherit; color: #26282a; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: small; outline: none;"><span face="Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: small; outline: none;">In particular, I don't know whether the Alabama State Bar, in accordance with the the Task Force mission, has solicited or will solicit the views of Sec. Allen.</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="background-color: inherit; color: #26282a; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: small; outline: none;"><span face="Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: small; outline: none;">Pending hearing from the Alabama State Bar about what it is doing relative to the the ABA Task Force, I will act on the basis that the ASB is doing nothing, and I will, for example, solicit local bar associations and law school deans to do something (starting with copying them on this email).</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="background-color: inherit; color: #26282a; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: small; outline: none;"><span face="Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: small; outline: none;">Thank you, Terri.</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="background-color: inherit; color: #26282a; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: small; outline: none;"><span face="Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: small; outline: none;">Sincerely,</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="background-color: inherit; color: #26282a; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: small; outline: none;"><span face="Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: small; outline: none;">Rob Shattuck</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="background-color: inherit; color: #26282a; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; outline: none;"><span style="font-size: medium; outline: none;">[referenced email can be found at</span><span style="font-size: small; outline: none;"> <a href="https://al6thcongdist-ihaveuntiljan13.blogspot.com/2023/08/american-bar-association-task-force-for.html" rel="nofollow" style="background-color: inherit; color: #196ad4; outline: none;" target="_blank">https://al6thcongdist-ihaveuntiljan13.blogspot.com/2023/08/american-bar-association-task-force-for.html</a>]</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="background-color: inherit; color: #26282a; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; outline: none;"><span style="font-size: small; outline: none;"><br /></span></div></span><b>Email to Montgomery Bar Association and Montgomery Chamber of Commerce</b><br />From: Rob Shattuck <rdshatt@aol.com><br />To: suzanneduffey@mc-ala.org <suzanneduffey@mc-ala.org>; srose@montgomerychamber.com <srose@montgomerychamber.com><br />Cc: Cathleen Erwin <coe0001@auburn.edu>; cdobson@maynardnexsen.com <cdobson@maynardnexsen.com>; team@wallacegilberry.com <team@wallacegilberry.com>; Dreed@merikacoleman.com <dreed@merikacoleman.com>; Terri B. Lovell <terri.lovell@alabar.org>; hduncan@bcatoday.org <hduncan@bcatoday.org>; mbunting@wsfa.com <mbunting@wsfa.com>; sduff@wsfa.com <sduff@wsfa.com>; ghalbrooks@alabamanews.net <ghalbrooks@alabamanews.net>; jrainey@alabamanews.net <jrainey@alabamanews.net><br />Sent: Friday, December 15, 2023 at 09:54:48 AM CST<br />Subject: Alabama State Bar default; ABA Task Force for American Democracy<br />Dear Suzanne and Sheron,<br />The Alabama State Bar is ostensibly defaulting on undertaking supportive activities in Alabama relative to the American Bar Association Task Force for American Democracy and its year long mission that is set out in the statement at <a href="https://www.americanbar.org/groups/leadership/office_of_the_president/american-democracy/overview/">https://www.americanbar.org/groups/leadership/office_of_the_president/american-democracy/overview/</a> (see the below email).<br />Given this default by the Alabama State Bar, I wish to call on the Montgomery Bar Association and the Montgomery Chamber of Commerce to host a public conversation in Montgomery "with a broad spectrum of [area residents] to hear their concerns, experiences, and suggestions for restoring and preserving our democracy rule of law" (quoted words from the Task Force mission statement).<br />I hope the Montgomery Bar Association and the Montgomery Chamber of Commerce will undertake something here.<br />I have previously contacted Auburn on this idea; they may be in a position to help out; and I am copying my contact at Auburn on this email.<br />Further I think the 2nd Congressional district candidates could appropriately participate in the conversation and I am copying three of them on this email.<br />Thank you for your consideration.<br />Sincerely,<br />Rob Shattuck<br />Mountain Brook<br /><br /><b>Email to Mobile Bar Association and Mobile Chamber of Commerce</b><br />From: Rob Shattuck <rdshatt@aol.com><br />To: flatta@burr.com <flatta@burr.com>; nhewston@mobilechamber.com <nhewston@mobilechamber.com>; llittle@mobilechamber.com <llittle@mobilechamber.com><br />Cc: Terri B. Lovell <terri.lovell@alabar.org>; hduncan@bcatoday.org <hduncan@bcatoday.org>; bill.ide@akerman.com <bill.ide@akerman.com>; marty@mitchellmeadows.com <marty@mitchellmeadows.com>; emyang@wstrongllc.com <emyang@wstrongllc.com>; eric.duncan@fox10tv.com <eric.duncan@fox10tv.com>; Randy.Merrow@fox10tv.com <randy.merrow@fox10tv.com>; news@mynbc15.com <news@mynbc15.com>; dsingleton@mynbc15.com <dsingleton@mynbc15.com>; PAlbrecht@wkrg.com <palbrecht@wkrg.com>; clombard@wkrg.com <clombard@wkrg.com><br />Sent: Friday, December 15, 2023 at 06:19:48 PM CST<br />Subject: Alabama State Bar default; ABA Task Force for American Democracy<br />Dear Mr. Latta, Ms. Hewston and Mr. Little,<br />The Alabama State Bar is ostensibly defaulting on undertaking supportive activities in Alabama relative to the American Bar Association Task Force for American Democracy and its year long mission that is set out in the statement at <a href="https://www.americanbar.org/groups/leadership/office_of_the_president/american-democracy/overview/">https://www.americanbar.org/groups/leadership/office_of_the_president/american-democracy/overview/</a> (see the below email).<br />Given this default by the Alabama State Bar, I wish to call on the Mobile Bar Association and the Mobile Chamber of Commerce to host a public conversation in Mobile "with a broad spectrum of [area residents] to hear their concerns, experiences, and suggestions for restoring and preserving our democracy rule of law" (quoted words from the Task Force mission statement).<br />I hope the Mobile Bar Association and the Mobile Chamber of Commerce will undertake something here.<br />Thank you for your consideration.<br />Sincerely,<br />Rob Shattuck<br />Mountain Brook</div><div class="ydpf34ee1e0yiv6276967890ydp4b6b9494yiv2921678526ydpdaa592feyiv5466611213yahoo-style-wrap" style="outline: none;"><br /></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en"><a href="https://twitter.com/toddcstacy?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@toddcstacy</a> <br />Next, have a special episode with jurists again, and discuss the ABA Task Force for American Democracy and what is being done and not being done in Alabama to save American democracy in connection with the 2024 election.<a href="https://t.co/Qk7IH08qkO">https://t.co/Qk7IH08qkO</a><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/alpolitics?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#alpolitics</a> <a href="https://t.co/jluJpLWJrv">https://t.co/jluJpLWJrv</a></p>— Rob Shattuck (@RobShattuckAL06) <a href="https://twitter.com/RobShattuckAL06/status/1736023176205738256?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 16, 2023</a></blockquote><b>Email to Huntsville Bar Association and Huntsville Chamber of Commerce</b><br /> From: Rob Shattuck <rdshatt@aol.com><br />To: mckinney@watsonmckinney.com <mckinney@watsonmckinney.com><br />Cc: Terri B. Lovell <terri.lovell@alabar.org>; hduncan@bcatoday.org <hduncan@bcatoday.org>; bill.ide@akerman.com <bill.ide@akerman.com>; marty@mitchellmeadows.com <marty@mitchellmeadows.com>; emyang@wstrongllc.com <emyang@wstrongllc.com>; Mike Wright <mwright@waaytv.com><br />Sent: Thursday, December 21, 2023 at 02:26:13 PM CST<br />Subject: For Rebekah McKinney as President of Huntsville Bar Association - ABA Task Force for American Democracy<br />TO:<br />Ms. Rebekah McKinney, President of Huntsville Bar Association<br />Mr. Chip Cherry, President and CEO of Huntsville Chamber of Commerce (sent via chamber contact form)<br />Subject: Alabama State Bar default; ABA Task Force for American Democracy<br />Dear Ms. Mckinney and Mr. Cherry,<br />The Alabama State Bar is ostensibly defaulting on undertaking supportive activities in Alabama relative to the American Bar Association Task Force for American Democracy and its year long mission that is set out in the statement at <a href="https://www.americanbar.org/groups/leadership/office_of_the_president/american-democracy/overview/">https://www.americanbar.org/groups/leadership/office_of_the_president/american-democracy/overview/</a> (see the below email).<br />Given this default by the Alabama State Bar, I wish to call on the Huntsville Bar Association and the Huntsville Chamber of Commerce to host a public conversation in Huntsville "with a broad spectrum of [area residents] to hear their concerns, experiences, and suggestions for restoring and preserving our democracy rule of law" (quoted words from the Task Force mission statement).<br />For more information, please read <a href="https://al6thcongdist-ihaveuntiljan13.blogspot.com/2023/12/alabama-state-bar-default-re-aba-task.html">https://al6thcongdist-ihaveuntiljan13.blogspot.com/2023/12/alabama-state-bar-default-re-aba-task.html</a>.<br />I hope the Huntsville Bar Association and the Huntsville Chamber of Commerce will undertake something here.<br />For more information, please read <a href="https://al6thcongdist-ihaveuntiljan13.blogspot.com/2023/12/alabama-state-bar-default-re-aba-task.html">https://al6thcongdist-ihaveuntiljan13.blogspot.com/2023/12/alabama-state-bar-default-re-aba-task.html</a><br />Thank you for your consideration.<br />Sincerely,<br />Rob Shattuck<br />Mountain Brook <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script><div><br /></div><br />Rob Shattuckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02707865352312442808noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7154436047525645.post-84266811825887252392023-12-14T04:49:00.014-06:002024-02-10T11:53:17.420-06:00Alabama evangelicals and "The Kingdom, the Power and the Glory"<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" loading="lazy" scrolling="no" src="https://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/embedded-video/mmvo199309381624" width="560"></iframe><div>I am going to initiate communications to Alabama evangelical and other churches in which I urge them to watch the above video about Tim Alberta's new book <i>The Kingdom, the Power and the Glory</i> and have discussions about the same within their church community.</div><div><br /></div><div>I will communicate to churches using the following form of email message:</div><div><br /></div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;">Subject ______ Church and Tim Alberta's new book <i>The Kingdom, the Power and the Glory</i></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div>Dear</div><div>I am a lapsed Episcopalian and my wife is Catholic.</div><div>I believe religion and politics are badly infecting each other in the United States currently.</div><div>I have no idea whether you agree.</div><div>Regardless, I wish to urge you to watch the video at <a href="https://www.msnbc.com/morning-joe/watch/writer-details-how-evangelicals-confronted-him-about-trump-at-his-father-s-funeral-199309381624">https://www.msnbc.com/morning-joe/watch/writer-details-how-evangelicals-confronted-him-about-trump-at-his-father-s-funeral-199309381624</a>. The video is a discussion with Tim Alberta concerning his new book The Kingdom, the Power and the Glory.</div><div>If you watch the video, I would next ask you to consider whether it would be constructive from the perspective of both religion and politics for the video to be watched by an appropriate group at the church, followed by discussion.</div><div>I will understand if you think the video is inappropriate for your church's purposes.</div><div>FYI, I will be identifying at <a href="https://al6thcongdist-ihaveuntiljan13.blogspot.com/2023/12/alabama-evangelicals-and-kingdom-power.html">https://al6thcongdist-ihaveuntiljan13.blogspot.com/2023/12/alabama-evangelicals-and-kingdom-power.html</a> churches which I have asked to consider viewing the video as described in this email.</div><div>Thank you for your consideration.</div><div>Sincerely,</div><div>Rob Shattuck</div><div>Mountain Brook</div></blockquote><br /><br /><b>12/23 Emails have been sent to below churches</b><br />Mountain Brook Community Church<br />St. Luke's Episcopal Church<br />Briarwood Presbyterian Church<br />Mountain Brook Presbyterian Church<br />Canterbury United Methodist Church<br />Brookwood Baptist Church<br />Independent Presbyterian Church<br />South Highland Presbyterian Church<br />Dawson Memorial Baptist Church<div><br /></div><div><b>Email to Birmingham churches re Christian nationalism</b><br />From: Rob Shattuck <rdshatt@aol.com><br />To: bstallings@briarwood.org <bstallings@briarwood.org>; mroberts@mbpcusa.org <mroberts@mbpcusa.org>; brittany.smith@canterburyumc.org <brittany.smith@canterburyumc.org>; bbcinfo@brookwood.org <bbcinfo@brookwood.org>; Dawsonchurch Info <info@dawsonchurch.org>; dglass@southhighland.org <dglass@southhighland.org>; kclinton@saint-lukes.com <kclinton@saint-lukes.com>; kayw@mbcc.us <kayw@mbcc.us>; ljones@ipc-usa.org <ljones@ipc-usa.org><br />Sent: Friday, February 9, 2024 at 08:24:23 AM CST<br />Subject: Christian nationalism and Alabama 6th Congressional district<br />Dear Birmingham churches:<br />I have previously intruded on your churches per <a href="https://al6thcongdist-ihaveuntiljan13.blogspot.com/2023/12/alabama-evangelicals-and-kingdom-power.html">Be An Alabama Rootstriker* with Rob Shattuck: Alabama evangelicals and "The Kingdom, the Power and the Glory" (al6thcongdist-ihaveuntiljan13.blogspot.com)</a>.<br />I am intruding on you again by this email informing you that I am trying to get on the ballot as an Independent candidate in the Alabama 6th Congressional district against Rep. Gary Palmer, per <a href="https://al6thcongdist-ihaveuntiljan13.blogspot.com/2024/02/my-wishes-and-horses-campaign.html">Be An Alabama Rootstriker* with Rob Shattuck: My Wishes and Horses Campaign (al6thcongdist-ihaveuntiljan13.blogspot.com)</a>.<br />If I am successful in getting on the ballot, I plan to press Rep. Palmer about Christian nationalism.<br />Sincerely,<br />Rob Shattuck</div>Rob Shattuckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02707865352312442808noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7154436047525645.post-79052744832149131632023-12-13T04:32:00.002-06:002024-02-13T05:06:56.963-06:00Screaming at Congress re Ukraine, Israel, Taiwan & border situation<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr"><a href="https://twitter.com/BrendanKKirby?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@BrendanKKirby</a><br>Jesus H. Christ.<br>Jerry Carl wants to let Putin win in Ukraine.<br>And <a href="https://twitter.com/FOX10News?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@FOX10News</a> can't editorialize?!?!<a href="https://t.co/SWiPuDT1ec">https://t.co/SWiPuDT1ec</a><br>Jesus H. Christ.<a href="https://twitter.com/Yaffee?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Yaffee</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/toddcstacy?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@toddcstacy</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/BillBritt?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@BillBritt</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/Josh_Moon?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Josh_Moon</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/roysj?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@roysj</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/SusanaSchuler?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@SusanaSchuler</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/TheDaIeJackson?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@TheDaIeJackson</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/alpolitics?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#alpolitics</a> <a href="https://t.co/oA45K2UGPy">https://t.co/oA45K2UGPy</a></p>— Rob Shattuck (@RobShattuckAL06) <a href="https://twitter.com/RobShattuckAL06/status/1734576312545574988?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 12, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Who thinks our Congress should stay in session until they agree on a package of Ukraine, Israeli and Taiwan aid and regarding our own border situation?<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/alpolitics?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#alpolitics</a> <br>Biden slams Congress for not passing Ukraine funding: 'It's stunning' <a href="https://t.co/tzummcrZRW">https://t.co/tzummcrZRW</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/FoxNews?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#FoxNews</a></p>— Rob Shattuck (@RobShattuckAL06) <a href="https://twitter.com/RobShattuckAL06/status/1734733647167537585?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 13, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Screaming at Congress re Ukraine, Israel, Taiwan and border situation. <a href="https://t.co/9AVztacOiZ">https://t.co/9AVztacOiZ</a><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/alpolitics?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#alpolitics</a></p>— Rob Shattuck (@RobShattuckAL06) <a href="https://twitter.com/RobShattuckAL06/status/1734884414981578824?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 13, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">"Similarities and differences between Hitler and Trump"<a href="https://t.co/Onz17aM1KR">https://t.co/Onz17aM1KR</a><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/alpolitics?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#alpolitics</a> <a href="https://t.co/qzX4omb1pN">https://t.co/qzX4omb1pN</a></p>— Rob Shattuck (@RobShattuckAL06) <a href="https://twitter.com/RobShattuckAL06/status/1757353317640941617?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 13, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>Rob Shattuckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02707865352312442808noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7154436047525645.post-51253546926452110502023-12-07T07:56:00.020-06:002024-03-18T08:04:44.555-05:00The education of Sen. Katie Britt<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">The education of Sen. Katie Britt<a href="https://t.co/ST8h4a5qSw">https://t.co/ST8h4a5qSw</a><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/alpolitics?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#alpolitics</a> <br />"For a secure border, a strong homeland, and a safe world – President Trump is the choice in 2024"<a href="https://t.co/xjpfO1r9bY">https://t.co/xjpfO1r9bY</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/alpolitics?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#alpolitics</a></p>— Rob Shattuck (@RobShattuckAL06) <a href="https://twitter.com/RobShattuckAL06/status/1732761529366302869?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 7, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-conversation="none"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">In her quest to "preserve the American Dream for our children," is Sen. Katie Britt learning that, "in order to preserve Christian virtues in our country, we first have to do away with Christian virtues"?<a href="https://t.co/ST8h4a5qSw">https://t.co/ST8h4a5qSw</a><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/alpolitics?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#alpolitics</a> <a href="https://t.co/x6I3hB5ZAp">https://t.co/x6I3hB5ZAp</a></p>— Rob Shattuck (@RobShattuckAL06) <a href="https://twitter.com/RobShattuckAL06/status/1733477917898805561?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 9, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-conversation="none"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">In Sen. Katie Britt's Christian quest to preserve American Dream for our children, & having to put aside Christian virtues to achieve her goal, how is Sen. Britt processing matters of despising and being despised?<a href="https://t.co/ST8h4a5qSw">https://t.co/ST8h4a5qSw</a><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/alpolitics?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#alpolitics</a> <a href="https://t.co/65pzY73P3P">https://t.co/65pzY73P3P</a></p>— Rob Shattuck (@RobShattuckAL06) <a href="https://twitter.com/RobShattuckAL06/status/1733839068524429373?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 10, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-conversation="none"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Further to the education of Sen. Katie Britt, & her temporarily setting aside Christian virtues to achieve goal of saving American Dream for our children:<br />In what ways will now Trump devotee Sen. Britt work to "root out" "vermin" Democrats?<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/alpolitics?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#alpolitics</a> <a href="https://t.co/mBmxYRp4fp">https://t.co/mBmxYRp4fp</a></p>— Rob Shattuck (@RobShattuckAL06) <a href="https://twitter.com/RobShattuckAL06/status/1734225959128101273?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 11, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Perhaps a gross political cartoon is needed to prompt soul searching by Sen. Britt in setting aside Christian virtues under Trump's banner as being necessary in her quest to preserve American Dream for our children. <a href="https://t.co/ST8h4a5qSw">https://t.co/ST8h4a5qSw</a><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/alpolitics?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#alpolitics</a><a href="https://t.co/aoMYj33LXh">https://t.co/aoMYj33LXh</a></p>— Rob Shattuck (@RobShattuckAL06) <a href="https://twitter.com/RobShattuckAL06/status/1734988648435626428?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 13, 2023</a></blockquote><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-conversation="none"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">In becoming Trump acolyte as Sen. Britt thinks is best way to save American Dream for our children, with how much terrorizing of how many Ruby Freemans & Shaye Mosses, at behest of & in service of Trump, can Sen. Britt be comfortable?<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/alpolitics?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#alpolitics</a><a href="https://t.co/BaQMqn5z9n">https://t.co/BaQMqn5z9n</a></p>— Rob Shattuck (@RobShattuckAL06) <a href="https://twitter.com/RobShattuckAL06/status/1736119715901145106?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 16, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">How much can Sen. Katie Britt's Christian soul bear, as she marches under Trump banner believing that is necessary to save American Dream for our children?<a href="https://t.co/ST8h4a5qSw">https://t.co/ST8h4a5qSw</a><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/alpolitics?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#alpolitics</a> <br />"Trump repeats 'poisoning the blood' anti-immigrant remark" <a href="https://t.co/nYDNW58jbe">https://t.co/nYDNW58jbe</a></p>— Rob Shattuck (@RobShattuckAL06) <a href="https://twitter.com/RobShattuckAL06/status/1736379843971854389?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 17, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">2024 is about either installing Donald Trump as America's Dictator or else taking him down for good.<br />Sen. Britt has chosen all in with Trump.<br />Outsider me is very interested in her ongoing education.<a href="https://t.co/ST8h4a5qSw">https://t.co/ST8h4a5qSw</a><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/alpolitics?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#alpolitics</a><a href="https://t.co/SfWcCv0g5M">https://t.co/SfWcCv0g5M</a> via <a href="https://twitter.com/ALReflector?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@ALReflector</a></p>— Rob Shattuck (@RobShattuckAL06) <a href="https://twitter.com/RobShattuckAL06/status/1763355004075675979?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 1, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">I am confident Sen. Britt will live down Donald Trump in time. <a href="https://t.co/ST8h4a5qSw">https://t.co/ST8h4a5qSw</a><a href="https://twitter.com/dhmccain?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@dhmccain</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/BillBritt?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@BillBritt</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/DCameronSmith?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@DCameronSmith</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/Josh_Moon?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Josh_Moon</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/Yaffee?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Yaffee</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/alpolitics?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#alpolitics</a> <br />Full GOP response to State of the Union: Sen. Britt says Biden 'doesn't get it' <a href="https://t.co/c0YqrNvyza">https://t.co/c0YqrNvyza</a> via <a href="https://twitter.com/NBCNews?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@nbcnews</a></p>— Rob Shattuck (@RobShattuckAL06) <a href="https://twitter.com/RobShattuckAL06/status/1766099391285256369?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 8, 2024</a></blockquote><b>Email to Sen. Britt's state director Dana Hall McCain</b><br /> From: Rob Shattuck <rdshatt@aol.com><br />To: DMcCain@al.com <dmccain@al.com><br />Sent: Sunday, March 10, 2024 at 07:53:14 AM CDT<br />Subject: Alabama’s sins of omission<br />Dear Dana,<br />For the record, if you will, regarding your above January 8, 2021 opinion piece "Alabama’s sins of omission," which is posted at <a href="https://www.al.com/opinion/2021/01/alabamas-sins-of-omission.html">https://www.al.com/opinion/2021/01/alabamas-sins-of-omission.html</a>, do you affirm currently what you said in the opinion piece? Do you now qualify what you said in the opinion piece, and, if so, how in particular do you now qualify what you said in the opinion piece?<br />Thank you, Dana, for whatever response you give me to the above questions.<br />Sincerely,<br />Rob Shattuck <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Sen. Katie Britt's state director <a href="https://twitter.com/dhmccain?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@dhmccain</a> wrote the below Jan. 8, 2021 opinion piece "Alabama’s sins of omission."<br />I've emailed <a href="https://twitter.com/dhmccain?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@dhmccain</a>, asking whether she stands by what she said then about Jan. 6th.<br />My email is at <a href="https://t.co/ST8h4a5qSw">https://t.co/ST8h4a5qSw</a><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/alpolitics?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#alpolitics</a> <a href="https://t.co/DKZzisSFJ0">https://t.co/DKZzisSFJ0</a></p>— Rob Shattuck (@RobShattuckAL06) <a href="https://twitter.com/RobShattuckAL06/status/1767173573938917763?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 11, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">As to Sen. Britt's past expressed views about Jan. 6th, in below article then candidate Britt, speaking about Mo Brooks' inciting the rioters, said only those who physically did the lawbreaking are responsible for it.<a href="https://t.co/ST8h4a5qSw">https://t.co/ST8h4a5qSw</a><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/alpolitics?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#alpolitics</a> <a href="https://t.co/6IGX6orJvN">https://t.co/6IGX6orJvN</a></p>— Rob Shattuck (@RobShattuckAL06) <a href="https://twitter.com/RobShattuckAL06/status/1767177681940988018?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 11, 2024</a></blockquote><b>Email to UAH re "Is Sen. Katie Britt turbocharging division in Alabama?"</b><br />From: Rob Shattuck <rdshatt@aol.com><br />To: nick.jones@uah.edu <nick.jones@uah.edu>; kristina.hendrix@uah.edu <kristina.hendrix@uah.edu>Cc: Mike Wright <mwright@waaytv.com>; dmccain@al.com <dmccain@al.com>Sent: Monday, March 11, 2024 at 04:48:10 PM CDT<br />Subject: Is Sen. Katie Britt turbocharging division in Alabama? - Have a Disagree Better event at UAH<br />Dear Dr. Jones and Ms. Hendrix:<br />Following on my emailing in November, I wish to call to your attention the Disagree Better initiative of the National Governors Association, website <a href="https://www.nga.org/disagree-better/">Disagree Better - National Governors Association (nga.org)</a>.<br />Per <a href="https://www.nga.org/disagree-better/meetings/">Disagree Better – Meetings and Events - National Governors Association (nga.org)</a>, there have been bipartisan Disagree Better events in Colorado and New Hampshire, plus one at Millsaps College last month (<a href="https://stayhappening.com/e/disagree-better-with-af-southeast-E2ISWF71FXT">Disagree Better with AF Southeast , Millsaps College, Jackson, 27 February 2024 (stayhappening.com)</a><a href="https://stayhappening.com/e/disagree-better-with-af-southeast-E2ISWF71FXT">)</a>.<br />The above subject line asks the question: Is Sen. Katie Britt turbocharging division in Alabama?<br />I think she is.<br />If that is true, perhaps it is the case Sen. Britt consciously desires to turbocharge division in Alabama.<br />If that is not her desire, Sen. Britt should, at this juncture, want to contribute to bridging the partisan divide, which she could do by participating in a Disagree Better event, such as at UAH.<br />Please consider pursuing the idea of a Disagree Better event at UAH and extending an invitation to Sen. Britt to participate.<br />Thank you.<br />Sincerely,<br />Rob Shattuck<br />Mountain Brook
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Who will work to get Sen. Britt's response to Trump saying at his Dayton OH rally on Sat. that the January 6th'ers were "unbelievable patriots"?<a href="https://twitter.com/SusanaSchuler?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@SusanaSchuler</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/BrendanKKirby?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@BrendanKKirby</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/mattmurphyshow?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@mattmurphyshow</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/DCameronSmith?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@DCameronSmith</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/ALReporter?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@ALReporter</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/ALReflector?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@ALReflector</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/toddcstacy?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@toddcstacy</a> <a href="https://t.co/ST8h4a5qSw">https://t.co/ST8h4a5qSw</a><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/alpolitics?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#alpolitics</a> <a href="https://t.co/xbekOLiR9R">https://t.co/xbekOLiR9R</a></p>— Rob Shattuck (@RobShattuckAL06) <a href="https://twitter.com/RobShattuckAL06/status/1769709191130677374?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 18, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>Rob Shattuckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02707865352312442808noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7154436047525645.post-74151559686463381752023-12-03T10:49:00.027-06:002023-12-17T10:37:03.766-06:00Alabama and The Debate<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">I am very interested in what things will happen in Alabama during the next three days in connection with the Dec. 6th GOP Presidential primary debate in Tuscaloosa.<br />Are you?<br />I will try to report on such things at <a href="https://t.co/etXZzM4wow">https://t.co/etXZzM4wow</a><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/alpolitics?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#alpolitics</a></p>— Rob Shattuck (@RobShattuckAL06) <a href="https://twitter.com/RobShattuckAL06/status/1731356411911717202?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 3, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">I hope during the next three days there will be thousands of Alabamians who discuss who is the destroyer of democracy. <a href="https://t.co/etXZzM4wow">https://t.co/etXZzM4wow</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/alpolitics?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#alpolitics</a><br />"Trump calls Biden the 'destroyer' of democracy despite his own efforts to overturn 2020 election" <a href="https://t.co/YSaBuss2XQ">https://t.co/YSaBuss2XQ</a></p>— Rob Shattuck (@RobShattuckAL06) <a href="https://twitter.com/RobShattuckAL06/status/1731364574098599959?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 3, 2023</a></blockquote><b>Email to WVTM13, CBS42, WBRC, ABC3340 and WVUA inquiring about debate programming</b><div>From: Rob Shattuck <rdshatt@aol.com>To: comments@abc3340.com <comments@abc3340.com>; programming@abc3340.com <programming@abc3340.com>; newstip@abc3340.com <newstip@abc3340.com>; Susana.Schuler@hearst.com <susana.schuler@hearst.com>; wcromwell@cbs42.com <wcromwell@cbs42.com>; rmartin@cbs42.com <rmartin@cbs42.com>; jason.mathews@gray.tv <jason.mathews@gray.tv>; knorred@wvua23.com <knorred@wvua23.com>; shannon.isbell@wbrc.com <shannon.isbell@wbrc.com><br />Cc: newsdesk@thecrimsonwhite.com <newsdesk@thecrimsonwhite.com>; news@theplainsman.com <news@theplainsman.com>; emmaowen@uab.edu <emmaowen@uab.edu>; Crimson@samford.edu <crimson@samford.edu>; hkoplowitz@al.com <hkoplowitz@al.com>; bbritt@alreporter.com <bbritt@alreporter.com>; jmoon@alreporter.com <jmoon@alreporter.com>; todd@aldailynews.com <todd@aldailynews.com>; andrew@wbhm.org <andrew@wbhm.org>; jsharp@al.com <jsharp@al.com>; blyman@alabamareflector.com <blyman@alabamareflector.com><br />Sent: Thursday, November 30, 2023 at 04:21:30 PM CST<br />Subject: "NewsNation announces Republican presidential primary debate programming in Alabama"<br />Next week NewsNation will be in Tuscaloosa for three days doing special programming Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday in connection with the Republican presidential primary debate on Wednesday. <a href="https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/newsnation-announces-republican-presidential-primary-debate-programming-in-alabama/ar-AA1kGenG">https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/newsnation-announces-republican-presidential-primary-debate-programming-in-alabama/ar-AA1kGenG</a><br />What special debate programming will WVTM13, CBS42, WBRC, ABC3340 and WVUA do? <a href="https://al6thcongdist-ihaveuntiljan13.blogspot.com/2023/11/presidential-debate-in-tuscaloosa-aba.html">https://al6thcongdist-ihaveuntiljan13.blogspot.com/2023/11/presidential-debate-in-tuscaloosa-aba.html</a> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script></div><div><br /></div><div><b>Email to other Alabama TV stations asking how they will do against NewsNation and CBS42</b></div>From: Rob Shattuck <rdshatt@aol.com><br />To: jama.killingsworth@waff.com <jama.killingsworth@waff.com>; julie@waff.com <julie@waff.com>; paul.caron@whnt.com <paul.caron@whnt.com>; eric.duncan@fox10tv.com <eric.duncan@fox10tv.com>; Randy.Merrow@fox10tv.com <randy.merrow@fox10tv.com>; news@mynbc15.com <news@mynbc15.com>; dsingleton@mynbc15.com <dsingleton@mynbc15.com>; PAlbrecht@wkrg.com <palbrecht@wkrg.com>; clombard@wkrg.com <clombard@wkrg.com>; robby.thomas@wtvy.com <robby.thomas@wtvy.com>; stephen.crews@wtvy.com <stephen.crews@wtvy.com>; TCole@wdhn.com <tcole@wdhn.com>; RWare@wdhn.com <rware@wdhn.com>; mbunting@wsfa.com <mbunting@wsfa.com>; sduff@wsfa.com <sduff@wsfa.com>; ghalbrooks@alabamanews.net <ghalbrooks@alabamanews.net>; jrainey@alabamanews.net <jrainey@alabamanews.net><br />Sent: Monday, December 4, 2023 at 07:41:45 AM CST<br />Subject: How will you do against NewsNation and CBS42 in covering The Debate this week?<br /><a href="https://al6thcongdist-ihaveuntiljan13.blogspot.com/2023/12/alabama-and-debate.html">https://al6thcongdist-ihaveuntiljan13.blogspot.com/2023/12/alabama-and-debate.html</a>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">It would seem coverage in Alabama of The Debate should include Trump's town hall with Hannity the night before The Debate.<a href="https://t.co/etXZzM4wow">https://t.co/etXZzM4wow</a><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/alpolitics?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#alpolitics</a> <br />"Fox News Channel’s ‘Hannity’ to host town hall with former President Trump on December 5" <a href="https://t.co/DmMdsUEUcY">https://t.co/DmMdsUEUcY</a></p>— Rob Shattuck (@RobShattuckAL06) <a href="https://twitter.com/RobShattuckAL06/status/1731677719744729226?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 4, 2023</a></blockquote><div><b>What GOP Debate experts do UAB, Samford and Auburn hold out?</b></div>From: Rob Shattuck <rdshatt@aol.com><br />To: Cathleen Erwin <coe0001@auburn.edu>; Amcewan@samford.edu <amcewan@samford.edu>; mwithers@samford.edu <mwithers@samford.edu>; jcobia@samford.edu <jcobia@samford.edu>; dburch1@samford.edu <dburch1@samford.edu>; Christopher Jones <jonesc1@uab.edu><br />Sent: Monday, December 4, 2023 at 09:34:39 AM CST<br />Subject: What GOP Debate experts do UAB, Samford and Auburn hold out?<br />[For filing in <a href="https://al6thcongdist-ihaveuntiljan13.blogspot.com/2023/12/alabama-and-debate.html">https://al6thcongdist-ihaveuntiljan13.blogspot.com/2023/12/alabama-and-debate.html</a>]<br />Email to "UA Experts Available to Discuss Topics Around GOP Debate"<br />From: Rob Shattuck <rdshatt@aol.com><br />To: jbramlett@ua.edu <jbramlett@ua.edu>; cpeacock@ua.edu <cpeacock@ua.edu>; jjohl@ua.edu <jjohl@ua.edu>; jlmaddox@ua.edu <jlmaddox@ua.edu>; rcfording@as.ua.edu <rcfording@as.ua.edu>; rlwagner1@ua.edu <rlwagner1@ua.edu>; aelinken@ua.edu <aelinken@ua.edu><br />Cc: lane.mclelland@ua.edu <lane.mclelland@ua.edu>; alex.house@ua.edu <alex.house@ua.edu>; stinsley@al-ba.com <stinsley@al-ba.com>; bsbutler@ua.edu <bsbutler@ua.edu>; terri.lovell@alabar.org <terri.lovell@alabar.org>; bill.ide@akerman.com <bill.ide@akerman.com>; emyang@wstrongllc.com <emyang@wstrongllc.com>; marty@mitchellmeadows.com <marty@mitchellmeadows.com><br />Sent: Wednesday, November 29, 2023 at 10:21:59 AM CST<br />Subject: For addressee "UA Experts Available to Discuss Topics Around GOP Debate"<br />Dear Professors Bramlett, Peacock, Ohl, Maddox, Fording, Wagner and Linken:<br />The webpage <a href="https://www.blogger.com/blog/post/edit/7154436047525645/6074292412117424349#">https://news.ua.edu/2023/11/ua-experts-available-to-discuss-topics-around-gop-debate/</a> identifies you as University of Alabama experts available to discuss topics around next week's GOP Presidential debate in Tuscaloosa.<br />I greatly wish for your expert knowledge relative to next week's GOP Presidential debate and the political landscape to be communicated to the Alabama public.<br />Earlier this month, I solicited Ms. Lane McLelland, the Executive Director of the University of Alabama's Crossroads Civic Engagement Center, that the Dec. 6th GOP debate should be availed of for the holding of public conversation events that would wrap together the debate and its political landscape with the American Bar Association's Task Force for American Democracy mission statement that is set out. at <a href="https://www.blogger.com/blog/post/edit/7154436047525645/6074292412117424349#">https://www.americanbar.org/groups/leadership/office_of_the_president/american-democracy/overview/</a> (For more information about this solicitation, please read <a href="https://www.blogger.com/blog/post/edit/7154436047525645/6074292412117424349#">https://al6thcongdist-ihaveuntiljan13.blogspot.com/2023/11/presidential-debate-in-tuscaloosa-aba.html</a>.)<br />I thought, in the words of the mission statement, the conversation events would be for the expression of "concerns, experiences, and suggestions for restoring and preserving our democracy rule of law." Further I think your aforesaid advertised knowledge would make you excellent contributors in such conversation events if they were held.<br />Another way for your expert knowledge to be communicated to the Alabama public is through the medium of Alabama television and radio broadcasters. I have called this to the attention of the Alabama Broadcasters Association per the below email I sent to its President Ms. Sharon Tinsley.<br />Time is running out for Alabamians to benefit from your expert knowledge being communicated to them in connection with GOP debate next Wednesday.<br />As to Alabama television and radio broadcasters, previously Ms. Tinsley has declined to forward to her Association's broadcaster members communications that I have sent to her. I have directly contacted some of the Alabama TV stations about the public conversations I am trying to promote. I expect to contact more of them during the next few days.<br />While I have endeavored to draw in the Alabama State Bar to undertake supportive activities in Alabama relative to the ABA's Task Force for American Democracy, including in connection with the debate, I am not aware of the Alabama State Bar doing anything. For what it is worth, I am copying on this email my contact at the Alabama State Bar if this may prompt anything on the Bar's part.<br />Thank you for your attention to this email.<br />Sincerely,<br />Rob Shattuck<br />Mountain Brook<script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Will Alabama TV stations report on this in connection with The Debate on Wednesday?<a href="https://t.co/etXZzM4wow">https://t.co/etXZzM4wow</a><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/alpolitics?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#alpolitics</a> <br />"Fox News cut off a live broadcast of a Donald Trump rally in Iowa to correct his 'untruths' about the last election."<br /> <a href="https://t.co/vrbNim1osy">https://t.co/vrbNim1osy</a></p>— Rob Shattuck (@RobShattuckAL06) <a href="https://twitter.com/RobShattuckAL06/status/1731784595421401403?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 4, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en"><a href="https://twitter.com/Grayson270?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Grayson270</a> <br />How good coverage do you think Alabama TV stations will make of The Debate this week?<a href="https://t.co/etXZzM4wow">https://t.co/etXZzM4wow</a><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/alpolitics?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#alpolitics</a> <a href="https://t.co/scvmb5W6AP">https://t.co/scvmb5W6AP</a></p>— Rob Shattuck (@RobShattuckAL06) <a href="https://twitter.com/RobShattuckAL06/status/1731823929931571347?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 4, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Biden campaign officials & several Democrats, including Doug Jones "plan to hold news conference Wed. in Tuscaloosa to highlight how Trump & MAGA Republicans’ agenda is on display in AL & stakes of 2024 election."<a href="https://t.co/etXZzM54e4">https://t.co/etXZzM54e4</a><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/alpolitics?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#alpolitics</a> <a href="https://t.co/scNGLgwsFX">https://t.co/scNGLgwsFX</a></p>— Rob Shattuck (@RobShattuckAL06) <a href="https://twitter.com/RobShattuckAL06/status/1732040968269172974?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 5, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en"><a href="https://twitter.com/SteveFlowersAL?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@SteveFlowersAL</a> <br />Who do you think is the destroyer of democracy, Trump or Biden?<a href="https://t.co/etXZzM4wow">https://t.co/etXZzM4wow</a><a href="https://twitter.com/AunieLindenberg?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@AunieLindenberg</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/mattmurphyshow?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@mattmurphyshow</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/toddcstacy?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@toddcstacy</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/Yaffee?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Yaffee</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/jgray78?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@jgray78</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/BillBritt?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@BillBritt</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/Josh_Moon?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Josh_Moon</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/TheDaIeJackson?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@TheDaIeJackson</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/alasecofstate?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@alasecofstate</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/SheriFalkWVTM13?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@SheriFalkWVTM13</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/alpolitics?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#alpolitics</a> <a href="https://t.co/5A79qjGxiS">https://t.co/5A79qjGxiS</a></p>— Rob Shattuck (@RobShattuckAL06) <a href="https://twitter.com/RobShattuckAL06/status/1732054404671434763?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 5, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Will Trump and Putin win in tonight's GOP debate in Tuscaloosa?<a href="https://t.co/etXZzM4wow">https://t.co/etXZzM4wow</a><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/alpolitics?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#alpolitics</a></p>— Rob Shattuck (@RobShattuckAL06) <a href="https://twitter.com/RobShattuckAL06/status/1732351218612060438?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 6, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Who do you think is the destroyer of democracy, Trump or Biden?<a href="https://t.co/etXZzM4wow">https://t.co/etXZzM4wow</a><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/alpolitics?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#alpolitics</a></p>— Rob Shattuck (@RobShattuckAL06) <a href="https://twitter.com/RobShattuckAL06/status/1732352840356560930?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 6, 2023</a></blockquote><div><b>Email to communications and journalism professors</b></div>From: Rob Shattuck <rdshatt@aol.com><br />To: saa0056@auburn.edu <saa0056@auburn.edu>; brunnbr@auburn.edu <brunnbr@auburn.edu>; all0093@auburn.edu <all0093@auburn.edu>; ney0002@auburn.edu <ney0002@auburn.edu>; bcd0039@auburn.edu <bcd0039@auburn.edu>; fairlln@auburn.edu <fairlln@auburn.edu>; fillise@auburn.edu <fillise@auburn.edu>; mnelson@ua.edu <mnelson@ua.edu>; alfranks@uab.edu <alfranks@uab.edu>; jzb0124@auburn.edu <jzb0124@auburn.edu>; mcarey@samford.edu <mcarey@samford.edu>; cofieldj@montevallo.edu <cofieldj@montevallo.edu>; jtbailey@ua.edu <jtbailey@ua.edu>; kbissell@ua.edu <kbissell@ua.edu>; mdbruce@ua.edu <mdbruce@ua.edu>; wevans@ua.edu <wevans@ua.edu>; djgriffin1@ua.edu <djgriffin1@ua.edu>; sahartley1@ua.edu <sahartley1@ua.edu>; dmwaymer@ua.edu <dmwaymer@ua.edu>; laurie.wright@ua.edu <laurie.wright@ua.edu>; bsbutler@ua.edu <bsbutler@ua.edu>; ajbauer2@ua.edu <ajbauer2@ua.edu><br />Sent: Wednesday, December 6, 2023 at 03:41:48 PM CST<br />Subject: Assessing the performance of AL TV stations this week in connection with tonight's debate in Tuscaloosa<br />Please hone your judgments about how well former students of yours, and others, who are at Alabama TV stations have done and will do this week in connection with tonight's debate in Tuscaloosa.<br />I will endeavor during the next week to compile an evaluation, and I hope you will participate with me. <a href="https://al6thcongdist-ihaveuntiljan13.blogspot.com/2023/12/alabama-and-debate.html">https://al6thcongdist-ihaveuntiljan13.blogspot.com/2023/12/alabama-and-debate.html</a><br />Thank you very much.<div><br /></div><b>Email reply from UA Department of Communications Studies Chair Prof. Griffin</b><br />From: Darrin Griffin <djgriffin1@ua.edu><br />To: Rob Shattuck <rdshatt@aol.com><br />Sent: Wednesday, December 6, 2023 at 05:01:04 PM CST<br />Subject: Re: [EXTERNAL] Assessing the performance of AL TV stations this week in connection with tonight's debate in Tuscaloosa<br />Hello,<br />Please kindly remove me from your mailing list if you will. <div><br /><div><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">For filing in "Alabama and The Debate" at <a href="https://t.co/etXZzM54e4">https://t.co/etXZzM54e4</a><br />I will be sending the professor a follow up email.<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/alpolitics?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#alpolitics</a> <a href="https://t.co/rqUThXbotJ">https://t.co/rqUThXbotJ</a></p>— Rob Shattuck (@RobShattuckAL06) <a href="https://twitter.com/RobShattuckAL06/status/1736030345315967207?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 16, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script><br /></div></div>Rob Shattuckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02707865352312442808noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7154436047525645.post-17771052346021577462023-12-02T07:44:00.008-06:002023-12-02T08:26:32.554-06:00What should one's take on DeSantis-Newsom debate be?<b>The debate</b><br />At the moment I cannot find a link to a full length video of the DeSantis Newsom debate, possibly because of copyright limitations. Absent a full length video, I give the following search link for clips from, and discussion of, the debate: <a href="https://video.search.yahoo.com/search/video;_ylt=AwrEoLYSMWtl3D0dw81XNyoA;_ylu=Y29sbwNiZjEEcG9zAzEEdnRpZAMEc2VjA3BpdnM-?p=video+of+newsom+desantis+debate&fr2=piv-web&type=E210US105G0&fr=mcafee">https://video.search.yahoo.com/search/video;_ylt=AwrEoLYSMWtl3D0dw81XNyoA;_ylu=Y29sbwNiZjEEcG9zAzEEdnRpZAMEc2VjA3BpdnM-?p=video+of+newsom+desantis+debate&fr2=piv-web&type=E210US105G0&fr=mcafee</a>. Below is first nine minutes of debate:<div>
<iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/LI1_TH2EWdU?si=dLka1egTNh1PHvKW" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></div><div><br /></div><div><b>Cameron Smith's take</b></div>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr"><a href="https://twitter.com/DCameronSmith?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@DCameronSmith</a> <br>Thank you for your article on the Newsom-DeSantis debate "Newsom looks presidential but DeSantis has the poop map". <br>I will kick off "What should one's take on DeSantis-Newsom debate be?" with the below link to your article. <a href="https://t.co/P6CsrRtFGD">https://t.co/P6CsrRtFGD</a><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/alpolitics?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#alpolitics</a> <a href="https://t.co/gmvrqes7mp">https://t.co/gmvrqes7mp</a></p>— Rob Shattuck (@RobShattuckAL06) <a href="https://twitter.com/RobShattuckAL06/status/1730956283186950487?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 2, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>Rob Shattuckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02707865352312442808noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7154436047525645.post-60742924121174243492023-11-08T18:22:00.037-06:002023-11-30T16:56:22.064-06:00Presidential debate in Tuscaloosa & ABA Democracy Task Force conversation event<div><b>Email re Presidential debate in Tuscaloosa & ABA Democracy Task Force conversation event</b></div>From: Rob Shattuck <rdshatt@aol.com><br />To: lane.mclelland@ua.edu <lane.mclelland@ua.edu><br />Cc: wbrewbak@law.ua.edu <wbrewbak@law.ua.edu>; jos.smith@ua.edu <jos.smith@ua.edu>; bsbutler@ua.edu <bsbutler@ua.edu>; alex.house@ua.edu <alex.house@ua.edu>; knorred@wvua23.com <knorred@wvua23.com>; jmccain@maynardcooper.com <jmccain@maynardcooper.com>; pfoster@algop.org <pfoster@algop.org>; contact@aldemocrats.org <contact@aldemocrats.org>; "bill.ide@akerman.com" <bill.ide@akerman.com>; emyang@wstrongllc.com <emyang@wstrongllc.com>; marty@mitchellmeadows.com <marty@mitchellmeadows.com>; Terri B. Lovell <terri.lovell@alabar.org><br />Sent: Tuesday, November 7, 2023 at 11:50:16 AM CST<br />Subject: Dec. GOP presidential debate in Tuscaloosa; American Bar Association Task Force for Democracy<br />Dear Ms. McLelland,<br />I am unsure who is most appropriate at the University of Alabama for sending this email. I am addressing it to you as the Executive Director of the Crossroads Civic Engagement Center at the university, and I am copying this email to several others at the university as indicated below.<br />In announcing that UA is under consideration as the place where the December GOP presidential debate will take place, UA spokesperson Alex House said. “As a public institution, UA promotes free speech and facilitates numerous opportunities for civil discourse and presentation of diverse ideas. If this event is later confirmed, our campus would be pleased to serve as a neutral site for the debate, and hosting the event would not be an endorsement of any candidate or political party.” <a href="https://www.al.com/politics/2023/11/alabama-to-host-fourth-gop-presidential-debate-candidates-to-spar-in-tuscaloosa-report-states.html">https://www.al.com/politics/2023/11/alabama-to-host-fourth-gop-presidential-debate-candidates-to-spar-in-tuscaloosa-report-states.html</a><br />Regardless of whether the GOP presidential debate in Tuscaloosa is at UA or somewhere else, I wish to call to your attention the American Bar Association Task Force for American Democracy and its mission statement that is set out at <a href="https://www.americanbar.org/groups/leadership/office_of_the_president/american-democracy/overview/">https://www.americanbar.org/groups/leadership/office_of_the_president/american-democracy/overview/</a><br />The mission statement says that the Task Force "will host public conversations with a broad spectrum of Americans to hear their concerns, experiences, and suggestions for restoring and preserving our democracy rule of law."<br />In August I undertook to urge the Alabama State Bar to undertake supportive activity in Alabama that follows along that which is laid out in the the ABA Task Force's Mission Statement, appropriately limited to and tailored for Alabama. I further emailed Dean Brewbaker suggesting that the University of Alabama law school undertake supportive activities. I have also had occasion to contact Dr. Brian S. Butler, dean of the College of Communication and Information Sciences. <a href="https://al6thcongdist-ihaveuntiljan13.blogspot.com/2023/08/american-bar-association-task-force-for.html">https://al6thcongdist-ihaveuntiljan13.blogspot.com/2023/08/american-bar-association-task-force-for.html</a><br />I think the occasion of the December GOP presidential debate in Tuscaloosa presents an excellent opportunity for the University of Alabama to hold one or more conversation events for the expression of "concerns, experiences, and suggestions for restoring and preserving our democracy rule of law" as the ABA Task Force seeks to learn about.<br />I hope you and others in the UA community will consider the holding of such a conversational event or events.<br />In furtherance of the foregoing, I have copied on this email Dean Brewbaker; Dr. Joseph Smith, chair of the political science department; Dr. Butler; Alex House; and Kay Norred, news director at WVUA23. Because they could be useful participants in a conversation event, I have also copied on this email the Birmingham chapter of the Federalist Society, the Alabama Republican Party and the Alabama Democratic Party. Finally, I have copied the Vice Chair of the ABA Task Force; the Task Force's two reporters; and Terri Lovell of the Alabama State Bar.<br />I very much hope that something comes of this.<br />Thank you.<br />Sincerely,<br />Rob Shattuck<br />Mountain Brook<div><br /></div><div><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Chairman Wahl should join conversational event at University of Alabama concerning the American Bar Association Task Force for American Democracy, to be held in connection with the Presidential debate in Tuscaloosa next month.<a href="https://t.co/RuyE0o83ER">https://t.co/RuyE0o83ER</a><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/alpolitics?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#alpolitics</a> <a href="https://t.co/qtUxjoMxB9">https://t.co/qtUxjoMxB9</a></p>— Rob Shattuck (@RobShattuckAL06) <a href="https://twitter.com/RobShattuckAL06/status/1722413198136008824?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 9, 2023</a></blockquote><b><div><b>Email to Terri Lovell, Alabama State Bar</b></div></b>From: Rob Shattuck <rdshatt@aol.com><br />To: Terri B. Lovell <terri.lovell@alabar.org><br />Cc: bill.ide@akerman.com <bill.ide@akerman.com>; emyang@wstrongllc.com <emyang@wstrongllc.com>; marty@mitchellmeadows.com <marty@mitchellmeadows.com><br />Sent: Thursday, November 9, 2023 at 06:58:23 PM CST<br />Subject: Will Alabama State Bar be supportive of a Tuscaloosa conversation event?<br />Terri,<br />Please advise me whether the Alabama State Bar is willing to be supportive of the holding of a conversation event in Tuscaloosa next month in connection with the GOP presidential debate, such event to be for the expression of "concerns, experiences, and suggestions for restoring and preserving our democracy rule of law," as the American Bar Association Task Force for American Democracy is seeking to learn about. <a href="https://www.americanbar.org/groups/leadership/office_of_the_president/american-democracy/overview/">https://www.americanbar.org/groups/leadership/office_of_the_president/american-democracy/overview/</a> and <a href="https://al6thcongdist-ihaveuntiljan13.blogspot.com/2023/11/presidential-debate-in-tuscaloosa-aba.html">https://al6thcongdist-ihaveuntiljan13.blogspot.com/2023/11/presidential-debate-in-tuscaloosa-aba.html</a>.<br />Thank you, Terri.<br />Sincerely,<br />Rob Shattuck</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Email urging Morning Joe to come to Tuscaloosa</b><br />From: Rob Shattuck <rdshatt@aol.com><br />To: jvance@law.ua.edu <jvance@law.ua.edu><br />Cc: Susana Schuler <susana.schuler@hearst.com>; lane.mclelland@ua.edu <lane.mclelland@ua.edu>; wbrewbak@law.ua.edu <wbrewbak@law.ua.edu>; jos.smith@ua.edu <jos.smith@ua.edu>; bsbutler@ua.edu <bsbutler@ua.edu>; alex.house@ua.edu <alex.house@ua.edu>; knorred@wvua23.com <knorred@wvua23.com>; jmccain@maynardcooper.com <jmccain@maynardcooper.com>; pfoster@algop.org <pfoster@algop.org>; contact@aldemocrats.org <contact@aldemocrats.org>; bill.ide@akerman.com <bill.ide@akerman.com>; emyang@wstrongllc.com <emyang@wstrongllc.com>; marty@mitchellmeadows.com <marty@mitchellmeadows.com>; Terri B. Lovell <terri.lovell@alabar.org><br />Sent: Thursday, November 9, 2023 at 09:50:08 AM CST<br />Subject: Suggest to Morning Joe he come to Tuscaloosa in connection with GOP Presidential debate<br />Dear Joyce,<br />The American Bar Association has a year long Task Force for American Democracy that is at work to carry out the mission set out at <a href="https://www.americanbar.org/groups/leadership/office_of_the_president/american-democracy/overview/">https://www.americanbar.org/groups/leadership/office_of_the_president/american-democracy/overview/</a>.<br />On Tuesday I sent an email to Ms. Lane McLelland, the Executive Director of the University of Alabama's Crossroads Civic Engagement Center, urging that next month's GOP Presidential debate in Tuscaloosa presents an excellent opportunity for the university to hold one or more conversation events for the expression of "concerns, experiences, and suggestions for restoring and preserving our democracy rule of law" as the ABA Task Force is seeking to learn about. You can read my email at <a href="https://al6thcongdist-ihaveuntiljan13.blogspot.com/2023/11/presidential-debate-in-tuscaloosa-aba.html">https://al6thcongdist-ihaveuntiljan13.blogspot.com/2023/11/presidential-debate-in-tuscaloosa-aba.html</a>.<br />I think you should suggest to Morning Joe that he come to Tuscaloosa in connection with the debate and join with the ABA Task Force and the University of Alabama to hold such a conversation event as being suggested, perhaps on the day before the debate.<br />I hope you think this is an interesting idea and will put it forth to Morning Joe.<br />Because WVTM is an NBC affiliate, I am copying on this email WVTM's president and general manager Ms. Susana Schuler.<br />Sincerely,<br />Rob Shattuck<br />Mountain Brook <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script><div><br /></div><b>Email to UAB, Samford and Auburn contacts</b><br />From: Rob Shattuck <rdshatt@aol.com><br />To: Cathleen Erwin <coe0001@auburn.edu>; Amcewan@samford.edu <amcewan@samford.edu>; "amcewan@samford.edu" <amcewan@samford.edu>; mwithers@samford.edu <mwithers@samford.edu>; jcobia@samford.edu <jcobia@samford.edu>; dburch1@samford.edu <dburch1@samford.edu>; Christopher Jones <jonesc1@uab.edu><br />Cc: bill.ide@akerman.com <bill.ide@akerman.com>; emyang@wstrongllc.com <emyang@wstrongllc.com>; marty@mitchellmeadows.com <marty@mitchellmeadows.com>; Terri B. Lovell <terri.lovell@alabar.org><br />Sent: Friday, November 10, 2023 at 06:50:53 PM CST<br />Subject: Coupling ABA Task Force conversation events with GOP Presidential debate in Tuscaloosa<br />I have previously contacted you about the holding of conversation events at UAB, Samford and Auburn related to the American Bar Association's "Task Force for American Democracy" and its Mission Statement that appears at <a href="https://www.americanbar.org/groups/leadership/office_of_the_president/american-democracy/overview/">https://www.americanbar.org/groups/leadership/office_of_the_president/american-democracy/overview/</a>.<br />As indicated at <a href="https://al6thcongdist-ihaveuntiljan13.blogspot.com/2023/11/presidential-debate-in-tuscaloosa-aba.html">https://al6thcongdist-ihaveuntiljan13.blogspot.com/2023/11/presidential-debate-in-tuscaloosa-aba.html</a>, I am trying to use next month's GOP Presidential debate in Tuscaloosa to bring about the holding of such a conversation event at the University of Alabama.<br />Needless to say, I think conversation events also being held at UAB, Samford and Auburn in the lead up to the December 6th date of the debate would be very good.<br />I hope UAB, Samford and Auburn will act on this opportunity.<br />Sincerely,<br />Rob Shattuck<div><br /></div><b>Letter to the editor of The Crimson White newspaper</b><br />From: Rob Shattuck <rdshatt@aol.com><br />To: letters@thecrimsonwhite.com <letters@thecrimsonwhite.com><br />Cc: newsdesk@thecrimsonwhite.com <newsdesk@thecrimsonwhite.com>; news@theplainsman.com <news@theplainsman.com>; emmaowen@uab.edu <emmaowen@uab.edu>; Crimson@samford.edu <crimson@samford.edu><br />Sent: Saturday, November 11, 2023 at 04:03:09 PM CST<br />Subject: "NewsNation to host fourth Republican primary debate at Moody Music Building"<br />Re: Rachel Seale's above article at <a href="https://thecrimsonwhite.com/111770/top-stories/newsnation-to-host-fourth-republican-primary-debate-at-moody-music-building/">https://thecrimsonwhite.com/111770/top-stories/newsnation-to-host-fourth-republican-primary-debate-at-moody-music-building/</a><br />Dear Mr. Hagan:<br />The American Bar Association has a year long Task Force for American Democracy that is at work to carry out the mission set out at <a href="https://www.americanbar.org/groups/leadership/office_of_the_president/american-democracy/overview/">https://www.americanbar.org/groups/leadership/office_of_the_president/american-democracy/overview/</a>.<br />Last Tuesday I sent an email to Ms. Lane McLelland, the Executive Director of the University of Alabama's Crossroads Civic Engagement Center, urging that, in connection with next month's GOP Presidential debate in Tuscaloosa, the university hold one or more conversation events for the expression of "concerns, experiences, and suggestions for restoring and preserving our democracy rule of law" as the ABA Task Force is seeking to learn about. My email can be found at <a href="https://al6thcongdist-ihaveuntiljan13.blogspot.com/2023/11/presidential-debate-in-tuscaloosa-aba.html">https://al6thcongdist-ihaveuntiljan13.blogspot.com/2023/11/presidential-debate-in-tuscaloosa-aba.html</a>.<br />I hope The Crimson White will publicize this by publishing this letter.<br />Thank you.<br />Robert D. Shattuck Jr.<br />3812 Spring Valley Circle<br />Mountain Brook, AL 35223<br />rdshatt@aol.com<br />205-967-5586<br />Retired; not a UA graduate or employee </div>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">With your credentials & fervent belief "things must change in this country" & 2024 elections will be "voting for America’s survival," please support the holding of conversational events in connection with Presidential debate next month, per <a href="https://t.co/RuyE0o83ER">https://t.co/RuyE0o83ER</a><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/alpolitics?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#alpolitics</a></p>— Rob Shattuck (@RobShattuckAL06) <a href="https://twitter.com/RobShattuckAL06/status/1723482409436406182?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 11, 2023</a></blockquote><b>Email to TuscaloosaDems</b><br /> From: Rob Shattuck <rdshatt@aol.com><br />To: tuscaloosadems@gmail.com <tuscaloosadems@gmail.com><br />Cc: mtnbrookdems@gmail.com <mtnbrookdems@gmail.com>; hooverdemocrats@gmail.com <hooverdemocrats@gmail.com>; montgomerycountydemocrats@gmail.com <montgomerycountydemocrats@gmail.com>; info@madisoncountydemocrats.com <info@madisoncountydemocrats.com>; bill.ide@akerman.com <bill.ide@akerman.com>; emyang@wstrongllc.com <emyang@wstrongllc.com>; marty@mitchellmeadows.com <marty@mitchellmeadows.com>; Terri B. Lovell <terri.lovell@alabar.org><br />Sent: Monday, November 13, 2023 at 07:46:34 AM CST<br />Subject: Will TuscaloosaDems push for ABA Democracy Task Force conversation event re GOP debate?<br />Dear TuscaloosaDems:<br />The American Bar Association has a year long Task Force for American Democracy that is at work to carry out the mission set out at <a href="https://www.americanbar.org/groups/leadership/office_of_the_president/american-democracy/overview/">https://www.americanbar.org/groups/leadership/office_of_the_president/american-democracy/overview/</a>.<br />Last Tuesday I sent an email to Ms. Lane McLelland, the Executive Director of the University of Alabama's Crossroads Civic Engagement Center, urging that, in connection with next month's GOP Presidential debate in Tuscaloosa, the university hold one or more conversation events for the expression of "concerns, experiences, and suggestions for restoring and preserving our democracy rule of law" as the ABA Task Force is seeking to learn about. My email can be found at <a href="https://al6thcongdist-ihaveuntiljan13.blogspot.com/2023/11/presidential-debate-in-tuscaloosa-aba.html">https://al6thcongdist-ihaveuntiljan13.blogspot.com/2023/11/presidential-debate-in-tuscaloosa-aba.html</a>.<br />I hope you will do what you can to push for the holding of such a conversation event at the university or elsewhere in Tuscaloosa.<br />Thank you for your attention to this email.<br />Sincerely,<br />Rob Shattuck<br />Mountain Brook <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">For filing in "Presidential debate in Tuscaloosa & ABA Democracy Task Force conversation event" <a href="https://t.co/RuyE0o83ER">https://t.co/RuyE0o83ER</a><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/alpolitics?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#alpolitics</a> <br />"Trump Compares Political Foes To ‘Vermin’ On Veterans Day—Echoing Nazi Propaganda" via <a href="https://twitter.com/Forbes?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@forbes</a> <a href="https://t.co/WjASpxvWsW">https://t.co/WjASpxvWsW</a></p>— Rob Shattuck (@RobShattuckAL06) <a href="https://twitter.com/RobShattuckAL06/status/1724368787216949510?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 14, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">For filing in "Presidential debate in Tuscaloosa & ABA Democracy Task Force conversation event" …<a href="https://t.co/RuyE0o83ER">https://t.co/RuyE0o83ER</a>… <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/alpolitics?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#alpolitics</a><br />"Behind the Curtain: Trump allies pre-screen loyalists for unprecedented power grab" <a href="https://t.co/cabT4bh3fU">https://t.co/cabT4bh3fU</a></p>— Rob Shattuck (@RobShattuckAL06) <a href="https://twitter.com/RobShattuckAL06/status/1724370776701256168?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 14, 2023</a></blockquote><b>Email re election coverage organized around "stakes"</b><br />From: Rob Shattuck <rdshatt@aol.com><br />To: jr3@nyu.edu <jr3@nyu.edu><br />Cc: Susana Schuler <susana.schuler@hearst.com>; lane.mclelland@ua.edu <lane.mclelland@ua.edu>; wbrewbak@law.ua.edu <wbrewbak@law.ua.edu>; jos.smith@ua.edu <jos.smith@ua.edu>; bsbutler@ua.edu <bsbutler@ua.edu>; alex.house@ua.edu <alex.house@ua.edu>; knorred@wvua23.com <knorred@wvua23.com>; jmccain@maynardcooper.com <jmccain@maynardcooper.com>; pfoster@algop.org <pfoster@algop.org>; contact@aldemocrats.org <contact@aldemocrats.org>; bill.ide@akerman.com <bill.ide@akerman.com>; emyang@wstrongllc.com <emyang@wstrongllc.com>; marty@mitchellmeadows.com <marty@mitchellmeadows.com>; jvance@law.ua.edu <jvance@law.ua.edu>; Cathleen Erwin <coe0001@auburn.edu>; "amcewan@samford.edu" <amcewan@samford.edu>; mwithers@samford.edu <mwithers@samford.edu>; jcobia@samford.edu <jcobia@samford.edu>; dburch1@samford.edu <dburch1@samford.edu>; Christopher Jones <jonesc1@uab.edu><br />Sent: Thursday, November 16, 2023 at 09:09:39 AM CST<br />Subject: Alabama journalism and election coverage organized around "stakes"<br />Dear Professor Rosen:<br />In your tweet at <a href="https://twitter.com/jayrosen_nyu/status/1724101311673541100">https://twitter.com/jayrosen_nyu/status/1724101311673541100</a>, you say: <br />"when I say 'not the odds, but the stakes' I mean election coverage should actually be organized around the stakes, not the latest odds. Many things can be part of it. Consequences for democracy should be the heart of it."<br />In Alabama, I am trying to push what you say in connection with next month's GOP presidential debate at the University of Alabama.<br />In particular, I am trying to conjoin with the debate the holding of conversation events regarding the American Bar Association's year long Task Force for American Democracy that has the mission set out at <a href="https://www.americanbar.org/groups/leadership/office_of_the_president/american-democracy/overview/">https://www.americanbar.org/groups/leadership/office_of_the_president/american-democracy/overview/.</a> (For information about what I am doing, please read <a href="https://al6thcongdist-ihaveuntiljan13.blogspot.com/2023/11/presidential-debate-in-tuscaloosa-aba.html">https://al6thcongdist-ihaveuntiljan13.blogspot.com/2023/11/presidential-debate-in-tuscaloosa-aba.html</a>.)<br />A component of the foregoing is for Alabama TV stations to report on such conversation events and, better, be involved in the holding of such events.<br />I am very limited in what I can do to cause such conversation events to be held.<br />To advance the foregoing, I am borrowing your academic standing in journalism and your views, by sending you this email and copying parties I have previously contacted who are in a position to influence holding the conversation events in question. You can learn better who those parties are by reviewing the previously given link.<br />Thank you very much for your indulgence here, Professor Rosen.<br />Sincerely,<br />Rob Shattuck<br />Mountain Brook, AL <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en"><a href="https://twitter.com/ALReflector?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@ALReflector</a> <br />I offer my services to support your ad-free, independent Alabama journalism.<br />What journalism will you do regarding upcoming Dec. 6th GOP presidential debate? I would like to help. <a href="https://t.co/RuyE0o83ER">https://t.co/RuyE0o83ER</a><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/alpolitics?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#alpolitics</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/jgray78?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@jgray78</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/ALDailyNews?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@ALDailyNews</a> <a href="https://t.co/8dZMfjZ0KG">https://t.co/8dZMfjZ0KG</a> <a href="https://t.co/klbRnb0z4e">https://t.co/klbRnb0z4e</a></p>— Rob Shattuck (@RobShattuckAL06) <a href="https://twitter.com/RobShattuckAL06/status/1725533851483525315?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 17, 2023</a></blockquote><b>Email for serious practitioners of political news journalism in Alabama</b><br /> From: Rob Shattuck <rdshatt@aol.com><br />To: blyman@alabamareflector.com <blyman@alabamareflector.com><br />Cc: hkoplowitz@al.com <hkoplowitz@al.com>; bbritt@alreporter.com <bbritt@alreporter.com>; jmoon@alreporter.com <jmoon@alreporter.com>; todd@aldailynews.com <todd@aldailynews.com>; andrew@wbhm.org <andrew@wbhm.org>; jsharp@al.com <jsharp@al.com>; bill.ide@akerman.com <bill.ide@akerman.com>; marty@mitchellmeadows.com <marty@mitchellmeadows.com>; emyang@wstrongllc.com <emyang@wstrongllc.com>; Terri B. Lovell <terri.lovell@alabar.org><br />Sent: Monday, November 20, 2023 at 11:43:32 AM CST<br />Subject: What journalism will Alabama Reflector do re Dec. 6th GOP presidential debate?<br />Dear Brian,<br />This email follows up on Alabama Reflector's tweet at <a href="https://twitter.com/ALReflector/status/1724487988313268326">https://twitter.com/ALReflector/status/1724487988313268326</a>, soliciting support for its ad-free, independent Alabama journalism, and my reply at <a href="https://twitter.com/RobShattuckAL06/status/1725533851483525315">https://twitter.com/RobShattuckAL06/status/1725533851483525315</a>, asking what journalism Alabama Reflector will do regarding the upcoming Dec. 6th GOP presidential debate, and my offering to help on that front, with a link to <a href="https://al6thcongdist-ihaveuntiljan13.blogspot.com/2023/11/presidential-debate-in-tuscaloosa-aba.html">https://al6thcongdist-ihaveuntiljan13.blogspot.com/2023/11/presidential-debate-in-tuscaloosa-aba.html</a>.<br />There are two weeks to go until the national attention on Alabama and the GOP presidential debate in Tuscaloosa.<br />What is Alabama Reflector doing to avail of this to bolster its journalistic presence in Alabama and and be better in prosecuting its journalistic mission?<br />There are political persons and entities who will work the next two weeks hard to advance their political purposes, and who will likely, to the detriment of the Alabama public, overwhelm the journalistic work that the Alabama Reflector would like to do in connection with the GOP Presidential debate.<br />That being said, I don't think the Alabama Reflector wants to throw up its hands in the face of its daunting task during the coming two weeks.<br />I offer for the Alabama Reflector to pick up on what I am trying to do, as described in the preceding link.<br />If the Alabama Reflector has better ideas about what to do, and is willing to tell me what they are, please do, and I will help out.<br />Other serious practitioners of political news journalism in Alabama (such as APT, WBHM, AL.com, Alabama Political Reporter, and Alabama Daily News) are also threatened to be squashed during the next two weeks in the rush of the aforesaid political persons and entities hard at work to be as noisy as they can to advance their political purposes in connection with the Presidential debate. I am copying on this email some of those practitioners of political news journalism in Alabama to encourage them not to throw in the towel and to work harder at their journalism during the next two weeks and better fulfill their journalistic obligations to the Alabama public.<br />Alabama local TV stations will likely be tools of the aforesaid political persons and parties working hard to use the GOP presidential debate for their political purposes. (<a href="https://al6thcongdist-ihaveuntiljan13.blogspot.com/2023/10/can-retired-alabama-tv-news-personages.html">https://al6thcongdist-ihaveuntiljan13.blogspot.com/2023/10/can-retired-alabama-tv-news-personages.html</a>) Alabama Reflector and other serious practitioners of political news journalism in Alabama should hound the TV stations to do a better job.<br />More power to you, Brian, during the next two weeks, and to other serious practitioners of political news journalism in Alabama.<br />Sincerely<br />Rob Shattuck <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script><p dir="ltr" lang="en"></p>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">With upcoming GOP presidential debate in Tuscaloosa, are AL political journalists asking important <a href="https://twitter.com/ALGOP?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@ALGOP</a>'ers about endorsements at this time? <a href="https://t.co/RuyE0o8Bup">https://t.co/RuyE0o8Bup</a><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/alpolitics?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#alpolitics</a><br />"Gov. Greg Abbott endorses Donald Trump during border trip" <a href="https://t.co/LVmA7wN4mC">https://t.co/LVmA7wN4mC</a> via <a href="https://twitter.com/YahooNews?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@YahooNews</a></p>— Rob Shattuck (@RobShattuckAL06) <a href="https://twitter.com/RobShattuckAL06/status/1726992134111457413?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 21, 2023</a></blockquote><b>Email to Todd Stacy of Alabama Public Television Capitol Journal</b><br />From: Rob Shattuck <rdshatt@aol.com><br />To: todd@aldailynews.com <todd@aldailynews.com><br />Cc: Bryan Taylor for Chief Justice <bryan@bryantaylor.com>; Sarahstewartforchiefjustice Info <info@sarahstewartforchiefjustice.com>; hkoplowitz@al.com <hkoplowitz@al.com>; bbritt@alreporter.com <bbritt@alreporter.com>; jmoon@alreporter.com <jmoon@alreporter.com>; andrew@wbhm.org <andrew@wbhm.org>; "jsharp@al.com" <jsharp@al.com>; Susana Schuler <susana.schuler@hearst.com>; lane.mclelland@ua.edu <lane.mclelland@ua.edu>; wbrewbak@law.ua.edu <wbrewbak@law.ua.edu>; jos.smith@ua.edu <jos.smith@ua.edu>; bsbutler@ua.edu <bsbutler@ua.edu>; alex.house@ua.edu <alex.house@ua.edu>; knorred@wvua23.com <knorred@wvua23.com>; jmccain@maynardcooper.com <jmccain@maynardcooper.com>; pfoster@algop.org <pfoster@algop.org>; contact@aldemocrats.org <contact@aldemocrats.org>; bill.ide@akerman.com <bill.ide@akerman.com>; emyang@wstrongllc.com <emyang@wstrongllc.com>; marty@mitchellmeadows.com <marty@mitchellmeadows.com>; jvance@law.ua.edu <jvance@law.ua.edu>; Cathleen Erwin <coe0001@auburn.edu>; amcewan@samford.edu <amcewan@samford.edu>; mwithers@samford.edu <mwithers@samford.edu>; jcobia@samford.edu <jcobia@samford.edu>; dburch1@samford.edu <dburch1@samford.edu>; Christopher Jones <jonesc1@uab.edu>; Terri B. Lovell <terri.lovell@alabar.org><br />Sent: Tuesday, November 21, 2023 at 06:32:07 PM CST<br />Subject: Alabama Supreme Court Chief Justice candidate Bryan Taylor has expressed interest<br />Dear Todd,<br />Per the below email interchange, Alabama Supreme Court Chief Justice candidate Bryan Taylor has expressed interest in a public conversation event concerning the American Bar Association Task Force for American Democracy, as per <a href="https://al6thcongdist-ihaveuntiljan13.blogspot.com/2023/10/uab-critical-conversations-and-american.html">https://al6thcongdist-ihaveuntiljan13.blogspot.com/2023/10/uab-critical-conversations-and-american.html</a>.<br />I replied to Bryan that I didn't have anything definite set up yet, and I<br />was trying to add impetus for the holding of conversation events by connecting such events with the GOP presidential debate in Tuscaloosa on Dec. 6th, per <a href="https://al6thcongdist-ihaveuntiljan13.blogspot.com/2023/11/presidential-debate-in-tuscaloosa-aba.html">https://al6thcongdist-ihaveuntiljan13.blogspot.com/2023/11/presidential-debate-in-tuscaloosa-aba.html</a>.<br />I told Bryan I thought a great forum for him would be a Capitol Journal show, and I would email you to suggest you have Bryan and Sarah Stewart on a show to discuss the subject in question.<br />Thus this email to you, on which I am copying Bryan, Sarah Stewart, and parties I have been importuning to hold these conversation events, time now running out before the Dec. 6th debate.<br />I hope you will decide to have Bryan and Sarah Stewart on Capitol Journal and other parties will have conversation events in connection with the Dec. 6th debate.<br />Sincerely,<br />Rob Shattuck<br />-------------------<br />From: Bryan Taylor <bryan@bryantaylor.com><br />To: Rob Shattuck <rdshatt@aol.com><br />Sent: Monday, November 20, 2023 at 11:08:12 PM CST<br />Subject: Re: Taylor picks up endorsements from veteran GOP prosecutors<br />Dear Mr. Shattuck,<br />We wanted to follow up on this message from you earlier this month. Has a specific date been set for this event?<br />Best regards<br />Team Taylor<br />-------------<br />On November 4, 2023 at 8:21:22 AM, Rob Shattuck (<a href="mailto:rdshatt@aol.com">rdshatt@aol.com</a>) wrote:<br />Dear Bryan,<br />I have solicited UAB, Samford and Auburn to host public conversation events concerning the American Bar Association Task Force for American Democracy, the mission of which is set out at <a href="https://www.americanbar.org/groups/leadership/office_of_the_president/american-democracy/overview/">https://www.americanbar.org/groups/leadership/office_of_the_president/american-democracy/overview/</a>. (For more information on what I am doing, see <a href="https://al6thcongdist-ihaveuntiljan13.blogspot.com/2023/10/uab-critical-conversations-and-american.html">https://al6thcongdist-ihaveuntiljan13.blogspot.com/2023/10/uab-critical-conversations-and-american.html</a>.)<br />If such a conversation event was held, would you be willing to participate? Would you be willing to suggest to the veteran GOP prosecutors David Barber, Brandon Falls, and Randall Houston, who have endorsed you, that they participate in such conversation events? Would you challenge your opponent Sarah Stewart to join with you in participating in such a conversation event?<br />I am copying on this email your opponent Sarah Stewart; the persons I have contacted at UAB, Samford and Auburn; the Vice Chair of the Task Force and its Task Force's reporters; and Terri Lovell of the Alabama State Bar.<br />Thanks for your attention to this email.<br />Rob Shattuck<br />Mountain Brook <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">For filing in "Presidential debate in Tuscaloosa & ABA Democracy Task Force conversation event" <a href="https://t.co/RuyE0o83ER">https://t.co/RuyE0o83ER</a><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/alpolitics?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#alpolitics</a><br />"DeSantis secures endorsement from Iowa evangelical leader Bob Vander Plaats" <a href="https://t.co/i8FphzJCaA">https://t.co/i8FphzJCaA</a> via <a href="https://twitter.com/NBCNews?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@nbcnews</a></p>— Rob Shattuck (@RobShattuckAL06) <a href="https://twitter.com/RobShattuckAL06/status/1727635618866299267?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 23, 2023</a></blockquote><b>Email to WAAY TV general manager Mike Wright</b><br /> From: Rob Shattuck <rdshatt@aol.com><br />To: Mike Wright <mwright@waaytv.com><br />Cc: nick.jones@uah.edu <nick.jones@uah.edu>; kristina.hendrix@uah.edu <kristina.hendrix@uah.edu>; director@huntsvillebar.org <director@huntsvillebar.org>; bill.ide@akerman.com <bill.ide@akerman.com>; emyang@wstrongllc.com <emyang@wstrongllc.com>; marty@mitchellmeadows.com <marty@mitchellmeadows.com>; Terri B. Lovell <terri.lovell@alabar.org><br />Sent: Thursday, November 23, 2023 at 08:47:01 AM CST<br />Subject: Re: WAAY Question - Dec. 6th GOP Presidential debate in Tuscaloosa<br />Hello Mike.<br />The upcoming Presidential debate in Tuscaloosa prompts me to send you this email following our email correspondence of earlier this year.<br />This email is for the purpose of calling to your attention efforts I am making to conjoin with the Tuscaloosa GOP Presidential debate the holding of conversation events regarding the American Bar Association's year long Task Force for American Democracy that has the mission set out at <a href="https://www.americanbar.org/groups/leadership/office_of_the_president/american-democracy/overview/">https://www.americanbar.org/groups/leadership/office_of_the_president/american-democracy/overview/</a>.<br />What I am doing is set out at <a href="https://al6thcongdist-ihaveuntiljan13.blogspot.com/2023/11/presidential-debate-in-tuscaloosa-aba.html">https://al6thcongdist-ihaveuntiljan13.blogspot.com/2023/11/presidential-debate-in-tuscaloosa-aba.html</a><br />I know it is late in the game to try to get a conversation event set up at UAH or elsewhere in Huntsville.<br />What do you think?<br />In September I sent the below email to the Huntsville Bar Association, but did not get a reply.<br />Please let me know if you think there is any possibility here.<br />For what it's worth, I am copying on this email Dr. Nicholaos Jones, UAH DEPARTMENT CHAIR OF PHILOSOPHY & POLITICAL SCIENCE and Ms. Kristina Hendrix, UAH VICE PRESIDENT FOR STRATEGIC COMMUNICATIONS, as well as the Huntsville Bar Association.<br />Sincerely,<br />Rob Shattuck<br />Mountain Brook<div>[referenced September email to Huntsville Bar Association can be found at <a href="https://al6thcongdist-ihaveuntiljan13.blogspot.com/2023/08/american-bar-association-task-force-for.html">https://al6thcongdist-ihaveuntiljan13.blogspot.com/2023/08/american-bar-association-task-force-for.html</a>]<script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script></div>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Are Alabama TV stations ready for the Trump show that will come to Alabama in 10 days when the GOP Presidential debate is held in Tuscaloosa?<a href="https://t.co/RuyE0o83ER">https://t.co/RuyE0o83ER</a><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/alpolitics?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#alpolitics</a> <br />"Trump attends football game on Haley's home turf and other trail takeaways" <a href="https://t.co/zTuiUKhP7Y">https://t.co/zTuiUKhP7Y</a></p>— Rob Shattuck (@RobShattuckAL06) <a href="https://twitter.com/RobShattuckAL06/status/1728715833994609106?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 26, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Will Alabama's evangelical leaders keep quiet during the next 10 days lest arch-scammer Trump will accuse them of scamming? <br />For filing in …<a href="https://t.co/RuyE0o8Bup">https://t.co/RuyE0o8Bup</a>… <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/alpolitics?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#alpolitics</a> <br />"Trump slams evangelical leader who endorsed DeSantis as ‘scammer’"<a href="https://t.co/gvG7nQ7R3X">https://t.co/gvG7nQ7R3X</a></p>— Rob Shattuck (@RobShattuckAL06) <a href="https://twitter.com/RobShattuckAL06/status/1728759407033684087?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 26, 2023</a></blockquote><b>Email to Sharon Tinsley, President, Alabama Broadcasters Association</b><div>From: Rob Shattuck <rdshatt@aol.com><br />To: Sharon Tinsley <stinsley@al-ba.com><br />Cc: bsbutler@ua.edu <bsbutler@ua.edu><br />Sent: Sunday, November 26, 2023 at 07:14:00 AM CST<br />Subject: Ten days to GOP Presidential debate in Tuscaloosa<br />Dear Sharon,<br />You have previously indicated that the Alabama Broadcasters Association does not have a purpose for, or a role in, Alabama broadcasters improving, or trying to improve, in the performance of their journalistic obligations to the public (which obligations are set out at <a href="https://www.rtdna.org/ethics">https://www.rtdna.org/ethics</a>), and that, if I desired to press upon the broadcasters to do a better job, I should contact the broadcasters directly.<br />I think the GOP Presidential debate in Tuscaloosa on Dec. 6th will be a great test for Alabama broadcasters as regards performing their journalistic obligations.<br />During the next ten days, I will use my link at <a href="https://al6thcongdist-ihaveuntiljan13.blogspot.com/2023/11/presidential-debate-in-tuscaloosa-aba.html">https://al6thcongdist-ihaveuntiljan13.blogspot.com/2023/11/presidential-debate-in-tuscaloosa-aba.html</a> to push Alabama broadcasters to focus on the debate, to decide what they will do in their news reporting, interviewing and editorializing relative to the debate, and to implement the decisions in the course of the next ten day days.<br />Alabama broadcasters are undoubtedly engaged in doing the foregoing to some extent, but also I undoubtedly think the broadcasters should be pushed to apply themselves harder regarding the same.<br />After I send this email, I will post the email on my foregoing link as part of my trying to push Alabama broadcasters relative to the Dec. 6th debate.<br />Thank you for your indulgence here.<br />Sincerely,<br />Rob Shattuck <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script></div>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en"><a href="https://twitter.com/Pj_Darrington?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Pj_Darrington</a><br />I hope the <a href="https://twitter.com/ALReporter?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@ALReporter</a> will do much valuable, serious political journalism in connection with the Dec. 6 debate.<a href="https://t.co/RuyE0o83ER">https://t.co/RuyE0o83ER</a><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/alpolitics?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#alpolitics</a> <br />"Key information ahead of the next Republican presidential debate in Alabama"<a href="https://t.co/n89MGspDig">https://t.co/n89MGspDig</a></p>— Rob Shattuck (@RobShattuckAL06) <a href="https://twitter.com/RobShattuckAL06/status/1729274932180230451?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 27, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">May there be numerous public conversation events in connection with Dec. 6th GOP Presidential debate in Tuscaloosa. Please help me bring them about. Thanks.<a href="https://t.co/RuyE0o83ER">https://t.co/RuyE0o83ER</a><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/alpolitics?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#alpolitics</a> <a href="https://t.co/HZP72pNWRG">https://t.co/HZP72pNWRG</a></p>— Rob Shattuck (@RobShattuckAL06) <a href="https://twitter.com/RobShattuckAL06/status/1729277532321579428?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 27, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en"><a href="https://twitter.com/Pj_Darrington?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Pj_Darrington</a> <br />Will AL political journalists be wasting their time to try to do important journalism that Alabamians should have regarding debate?<a href="https://t.co/RuyE0o83ER">https://t.co/RuyE0o83ER</a><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/alpolitics?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#alpolitics</a> <br />"Republican presidential debate at UA will compete with distractions"<a href="https://t.co/M4YIHtx50u">https://t.co/M4YIHtx50u</a></p>— Rob Shattuck (@RobShattuckAL06) <a href="https://twitter.com/RobShattuckAL06/status/1729286293048221904?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 27, 2023</a></blockquote><b>Email re UA faculty available to discuss topics re GOP debate</b><div>From: Rob Shattuck <rdshatt@aol.com><br />To: Sharon Tinsley <stinsley@al-ba.com><br />Cc: jtbailey@ua.edu <jtbailey@ua.edu>; kbissell@ua.edu <kbissell@ua.edu>; mdbruce@ua.edu <mdbruce@ua.edu>; wevans@ua.edu <wevans@ua.edu>; djgriffin1@ua.edu <djgriffin1@ua.edu>; sahartley1@ua.edu <sahartley1@ua.edu>; dmwaymer@ua.edu <dmwaymer@ua.edu>; laurie.wright@ua.edu <laurie.wright@ua.edu>; bsbutler@ua.edu <bsbutler@ua.edu>; ajbauer2@ua.edu <ajbauer2@ua.edu>; Alex House <alex.house@ua.edu><br />Sent: Monday, November 27, 2023 at 06:36:33 PM CST<br />Subject: "UA Experts Available to Discuss Topics Around GOP Debate"<br />Sharon:<br />A week ago the University of Alabama posted the webpage <a href="https://news.ua.edu/2023/11/ua-experts-available-to-discuss-topics-around-gop-debate/">https://news.ua.edu/2023/11/ua-experts-available-to-discuss-topics-around-gop-debate/</a>, which currently lists eight UA faculty members who are "available to discuss aspects of the debate and political landscape."<br />You know better than I whether Alabama broadcasters have an interest in, or capability to avail of, the foregoing resource in order to better perform their journalistic obligations for the benefit of the Alabama public regarding the debate.<br />I will add this email to <a href="https://al6thcongdist-ihaveuntiljan13.blogspot.com/2023/11/presidential-debate-in-tuscaloosa-aba.html">https://al6thcongdist-ihaveuntiljan13.blogspot.com/2023/11/presidential-debate-in-tuscaloosa-aba.html</a> in my efforts to get Alabama broadcasters to do a better job.<br />Thank you again for your indulgence here.<br />Rob Shattuck <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script></div><div><br /></div><b>Email to "UA Experts Available to Discuss Topics Around GOP Debate"</b><br />From: Rob Shattuck <rdshatt@aol.com><br />To: jbramlett@ua.edu <jbramlett@ua.edu>; cpeacock@ua.edu <cpeacock@ua.edu>; jjohl@ua.edu <jjohl@ua.edu>; jlmaddox@ua.edu <jlmaddox@ua.edu>; rcfording@as.ua.edu <rcfording@as.ua.edu>; rlwagner1@ua.edu <rlwagner1@ua.edu>; aelinken@ua.edu <aelinken@ua.edu><br />Cc: lane.mclelland@ua.edu <lane.mclelland@ua.edu>; alex.house@ua.edu <alex.house@ua.edu>; stinsley@al-ba.com <stinsley@al-ba.com>; bsbutler@ua.edu <bsbutler@ua.edu>; terri.lovell@alabar.org <terri.lovell@alabar.org>; bill.ide@akerman.com <bill.ide@akerman.com>; emyang@wstrongllc.com <emyang@wstrongllc.com>; marty@mitchellmeadows.com <marty@mitchellmeadows.com><br />Sent: Wednesday, November 29, 2023 at 10:21:59 AM CST<br />Subject: For addressee "UA Experts Available to Discuss Topics Around GOP Debate"<br />Dear Professors Bramlett, Peacock, Ohl, Maddox, Fording, Wagner and Linken:<br />The webpage <a href="https://news.ua.edu/2023/11/ua-experts-available-to-discuss-topics-around-gop-debate/">https://news.ua.edu/2023/11/ua-experts-available-to-discuss-topics-around-gop-debate/</a> identifies you as University of Alabama experts available to discuss topics around next week's GOP Presidential debate in Tuscaloosa.<br />I greatly wish for your expert knowledge relative to next week's GOP Presidential debate and the political landscape to be communicated to the Alabama public.<br />Earlier this month, I solicited Ms. Lane McLelland, the Executive Director of the University of Alabama's Crossroads Civic Engagement Center, that the Dec. 6th GOP debate should be availed of for the holding of public conversation events that would wrap together the debate and its political landscape with the American Bar Association's Task Force for American Democracy mission statement that is set out. at <a href="https://www.americanbar.org/groups/leadership/office_of_the_president/american-democracy/overview/">https://www.americanbar.org/groups/leadership/office_of_the_president/american-democracy/overview/</a> (For more information about this solicitation, please read <a href="https://al6thcongdist-ihaveuntiljan13.blogspot.com/2023/11/presidential-debate-in-tuscaloosa-aba.html">https://al6thcongdist-ihaveuntiljan13.blogspot.com/2023/11/presidential-debate-in-tuscaloosa-aba.html</a>.)<br />I thought, in the words of the mission statement, the conversation events would be for the expression of "concerns, experiences, and suggestions for restoring and preserving our democracy rule of law." Further I think your aforesaid advertised knowledge would make you excellent contributors in such conversation events if they were held.<br />Another way for your expert knowledge to be communicated to the Alabama public is through the medium of Alabama television and radio broadcasters. I have called this to the attention of the Alabama Broadcasters Association per the below email I sent to its President Ms. Sharon Tinsley.<br />Time is running out for Alabamians to benefit from your expert knowledge being communicated to them in connection with GOP debate next Wednesday.<br />As to Alabama television and radio broadcasters, previously Ms. Tinsley has declined to forward to her Association's broadcaster members communications that I have sent to her. I have directly contacted some of the Alabama TV stations about the public conversations I am trying to promote. I expect to contact more of them during the next few days.<br />While I have endeavored to draw in the Alabama State Bar to undertake supportive activities in Alabama relative to the ABA's Task Force for American Democracy, including in connection with the debate, I am not aware of the Alabama State Bar doing anything. For what it is worth, I am copying on this email my contact at the Alabama State Bar if this may prompt anything on the Bar's part.<br />Thank you for your attention to this email.<br />Sincerely,<br />Rob Shattuck<br />Mountain Brook<div>[referenced email "sent to its President Ms. Sharon Tinsley" is the immediately above email]</div>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">What Republican presidential primary debate programming will MSNBC, Fox News and CNN do in Alabama?<a href="https://t.co/RuyE0o83ER">https://t.co/RuyE0o83ER</a><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/alpolitics?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#alpolitics</a> <br />"NewsNation announces Republican presidential primary debate programming in Alabama"<a href="https://t.co/nnUDSDlyo0">https://t.co/nnUDSDlyo0</a></p>— Rob Shattuck (@RobShattuckAL06) <a href="https://twitter.com/RobShattuckAL06/status/1730163411776876980?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 30, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-media-max-width="560"><p dir="ltr" lang="en"><a href="https://twitter.com/MelissaJWarnke?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@MelissaJWarnke</a><br />Will the <a href="https://twitter.com/AlabamaStateBar?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@AlabamaStateBar</a> express a view on this?<a href="https://t.co/ZTQ9YiLc0c">https://t.co/ZTQ9YiLc0c</a><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/alpolitics?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#alpolitics</a> <br />"Lawyers must rise to meet the Trump threat, conservative attorneys argue"<a href="https://t.co/Ed2in1quin">https://t.co/Ed2in1quin</a></p>— Rob Shattuck (@RobShattuckAL06) <a href="https://twitter.com/RobShattuckAL06/status/1730214761306923466?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 30, 2023</a></blockquote><b>Email to WVTM13, CBS42, WBRC, ABC3340 and WVUA inquiring about debate programming</b><br /> From: Rob Shattuck <rdshatt@aol.com><br />To: comments@abc3340.com <comments@abc3340.com>; programming@abc3340.com <programming@abc3340.com>; newstip@abc3340.com <newstip@abc3340.com>; Susana.Schuler@hearst.com <susana.schuler@hearst.com>; wcromwell@cbs42.com <wcromwell@cbs42.com>; rmartin@cbs42.com <rmartin@cbs42.com>; jason.mathews@gray.tv <jason.mathews@gray.tv>; knorred@wvua23.com <knorred@wvua23.com>; shannon.isbell@wbrc.com <shannon.isbell@wbrc.com><br />Cc: newsdesk@thecrimsonwhite.com <newsdesk@thecrimsonwhite.com>; news@theplainsman.com <news@theplainsman.com>; emmaowen@uab.edu <emmaowen@uab.edu>; Crimson@samford.edu <crimson@samford.edu>; hkoplowitz@al.com <hkoplowitz@al.com>; bbritt@alreporter.com <bbritt@alreporter.com>; jmoon@alreporter.com <jmoon@alreporter.com>; todd@aldailynews.com <todd@aldailynews.com>; andrew@wbhm.org <andrew@wbhm.org>; jsharp@al.com <jsharp@al.com>; blyman@alabamareflector.com <blyman@alabamareflector.com><br />Sent: Thursday, November 30, 2023 at 04:21:30 PM CST<br />Subject: "NewsNation announces Republican presidential primary debate programming in Alabama"<br />Next week NewsNation will be in Tuscaloosa for three days doing special programming Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday in connection with the Republican presidential primary debate on Wednesday. <a href="https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/newsnation-announces-republican-presidential-primary-debate-programming-in-alabama/ar-AA1kGenG">https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/newsnation-announces-republican-presidential-primary-debate-programming-in-alabama/ar-AA1kGenG</a><br />What special debate programming will WVTM13, CBS42, WBRC, ABC3340 and WVUA do? <a href="https://al6thcongdist-ihaveuntiljan13.blogspot.com/2023/11/presidential-debate-in-tuscaloosa-aba.html">https://al6thcongdist-ihaveuntiljan13.blogspot.com/2023/11/presidential-debate-in-tuscaloosa-aba.html</a> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script>Rob Shattuckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02707865352312442808noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7154436047525645.post-56984387823197918182023-11-05T04:45:00.006-06:002024-01-03T15:42:35.976-06:00Bird dogging the AL 2nd Cong'l district election<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Filing deadline to run in Alabama 2nd Cong'l district primary elections is Nov. 10.<br />Right now <a href="https://twitter.com/aldemocrats?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@aldemocrats</a> show Jeremy Gray and Willie J. Lenard as candidates<a href="https://t.co/YqZnr22eFo">https://t.co/YqZnr22eFo</a><br />and <a href="https://twitter.com/ALGOP?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@ALGOP</a> shows Caroleene Dobson<a href="https://t.co/6h4QLDFeAn">https://t.co/6h4QLDFeAn</a>.<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/alpolitics?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#alpolitics</a> <a href="https://t.co/ROiQ7RcFwp">https://t.co/ROiQ7RcFwp</a></p>— Rob Shattuck (@RobShattuckAL06) <a href="https://twitter.com/RobShattuckAL06/status/1721116899260461247?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 5, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Caroleene Dobson:<br />“As member of Congress, I will fight for our families, our farms, & our faith & preserve the bedrock values & moral backbone that have made our nation the greatest ever known.”<a href="https://t.co/ROiQ7RcFwp">https://t.co/ROiQ7RcFwp</a><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/alpolitics?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#alpolitics</a> <a href="https://t.co/hufV4aAmwp">https://t.co/hufV4aAmwp</a></p>— Rob Shattuck (@RobShattuckAL06) <a href="https://twitter.com/RobShattuckAL06/status/1721119832995664146?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 5, 2023</a></blockquote><b>Email to Caroleene Dobson</b><div>From: Rob Shattuck <rdshatt@aol.com>To: cdobson@maynardnexsen.com <cdobson@maynardnexsen.com><br />Cc: Christopher Jones <jonesc1@uab.edu>; amcewan@samford.edu <amcewan@samford.edu>; mwithers@samford.edu <mwithers@samford.edu>; jcobia@samford.edu <jcobia@samford.edu>; dburch1@samford.edu <dburch1@samford.edu>; Cathleen Erwin <coe0001@auburn.edu>; bill.ide@akerman.com <bill.ide@akerman.com>; emyang@wstrongllc.com <emyang@wstrongllc.com>; marty@mitchellmeadows.com <marty@mitchellmeadows.com>; Terri B. Lovell <terri.lovell@alabar.org><br />Sent: Sunday, November 5, 2023 at 08:22:59 AM CST<br />Subject: Your Cong'l candidacy; ABA Task Force for American Democracy; endorsing Trump or not<br />Dear Caroleene,<br />You are a lawyer at Maynard Nexsen, who has announced that you are running as a Republican in the Alabama 2nd Congressional district election.<br />As you may know, the American Bar Association has created a Task Force for American Democracy, having a mission statement that is set out at <a href="https://www.americanbar.org/groups/leadership/office_of_the_president/american-democracy/overview/">https://www.americanbar.org/groups/leadership/office_of_the_president/american-democracy/overview/</a><br />I hope you will read the entirety of the mission statement.<br />I selectively call to your attention the below from the mission statement:<br /><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;">"Clearly, our American democracy is not as strong as we once thought and there are those who seem determined to push it to the breaking point."<br />"ways to maximize voter confidence and participation in our democratic process;"<br />"ways to dis-incentivize irresponsible and extremist rhetoric and positions among elected officials and candidates for elective office;"<br />"ways for ensuring the integrity and the safety of state election officials and workers across the country;"<br />"The report will explain why democracy is foundational to American society and the welfare of the American people, provide an analysis of the root causes for today's threats to our democracy and rule of law, and recommend actions to be taken to restore, protect, and preserve our democracy and the rule of law."</blockquote>In my opinion Donald Trump is "determined to push [American democracy] to the breaking point" and is the paramount "threat to our democracy and rule of law" as the unquestioned leader of "those who seem determined to push [American democracy] to the breaking point."<br />Further I think any candidate, such as yourself, who endorses Donald Trump is contributing to "push[ing] [American democracy] to the breaking point;" and is part of the "threat to our democracy and rule of law."<br />You, of course, will decide for yourself whether you agree with my foregoing characterizations of Donald Trump and of candidates who endorse Donald Trump, and whether you will endorse Donald Trump or not.<br />Regardless, I call to your attention that I have solicited UAB, Samford and Auburn to host public conversation events relative to the ABA's Task Force for American Democracy, per what is set out at <a href="https://al6thcongdist-ihaveuntiljan13.blogspot.com/2023/10/uab-critical-conversations-and-american.html">https://al6thcongdist-ihaveuntiljan13.blogspot.com/2023/10/uab-critical-conversations-and-american.html</a>. I hope, if such a conversation event is held, you would be willing to participate in the same.<br />For your information, the persons copied on this email are professors I have contacted at UAB, Samford and Auburn; the Vice Chair of the ABA Task Force and the Task Force's two reporters; and Terri Lovell of the Alabama State Bar.<br />Thank you for your attention to this email.<br />Sincerely,<br />Rob Shattuck<br />Mountain Brook <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script></div>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr"><a href="https://twitter.com/MarySellQuillen?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@MarySellQuillen</a> <br>See the email I sent to Caroleene Dobson regarding her <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/al02?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#al02</a> Congressional candidacy. the American Bar Association Task Force for American Democracy, and her endorsing Trump or not, which email I have posted on <a href="https://t.co/ROiQ7RcFwp">https://t.co/ROiQ7RcFwp</a><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/alpolitics?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#alpolitics</a> <a href="https://t.co/iiIaVjFJ69">https://t.co/iiIaVjFJ69</a></p>— Rob Shattuck (@RobShattuckAL06) <a href="https://twitter.com/RobShattuckAL06/status/1721381263062212758?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 6, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr"><a href="https://twitter.com/ALReflector?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@ALReflector</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/alanderrocha?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@alanderrocha</a><br>Please consider posting on your website a compilation of questions you will endeavor to ask the <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/al02?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#al02</a> candidates and memorializing answers you get and your efforts when you don't get answers. <a href="https://t.co/ROiQ7RcFwp">https://t.co/ROiQ7RcFwp</a><a href="https://twitter.com/HamptonHarrisAL?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@HamptonHarrisAL</a><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/alpolitics?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#alpolitics</a> <a href="https://t.co/HeAPV2gCbH">https://t.co/HeAPV2gCbH</a></p>— Rob Shattuck (@RobShattuckAL06) <a href="https://twitter.com/RobShattuckAL06/status/1742660891445768413?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 3, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr"><a href="https://twitter.com/ALDailyNews?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@ALDailyNews</a> <br>Please consider posting on your website a compilation of questions you will endeavor to ask the <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/al02?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#al02</a> candidates and memorializing answers you get and your efforts when you don't get answers. …<a href="https://t.co/ROiQ7RcFwp">https://t.co/ROiQ7RcFwp</a><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/alpolitics?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#alpolitics</a> <a href="https://t.co/k5gWZoEDLn">https://t.co/k5gWZoEDLn</a></p>— Rob Shattuck (@RobShattuckAL06) <a href="https://twitter.com/RobShattuckAL06/status/1742662351038402594?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 3, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>Rob Shattuckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02707865352312442808noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7154436047525645.post-4855212251961893612023-10-28T18:32:00.007-05:002023-11-12T11:36:07.703-06:00Picking on CBS 42 re Rep. Gary Palmer and guns<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">For filing in <a href="https://t.co/HhD5YRfJJh">https://t.co/HhD5YRfJJh</a><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/alpolitics?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#alpolitics</a> <br />Palmer re Maine mass shootings: "I don't think this is going to be a gun control issue. I think it is going to be a mental health issue."<a href="https://t.co/MdncEiKVha">https://t.co/MdncEiKVha</a></p>— Rob Shattuck (@RobShattuckAL06) <a href="https://twitter.com/RobShattuckAL06/status/1718050000968565127?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 27, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Yesterday <a href="https://twitter.com/AunieLindenberg?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@AunieLindenberg</a> had interview w/ Rep. Gary Palmer, in which he said re ME mass shootings: "I don't think this is going to be gun control issue. I think it is going to be mental health issue."<br />I'm going to pick on <a href="https://twitter.com/CBS_42?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@CBS_42</a> about this.<a href="https://t.co/pawqMbyZe4">https://t.co/pawqMbyZe4</a><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/alpolitics?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#alpolitics</a></p>— Rob Shattuck (@RobShattuckAL06) <a href="https://twitter.com/RobShattuckAL06/status/1718413597351506045?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 28, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">A development for use in picking on <a href="https://twitter.com/CBS_42?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@CBS_42</a> relative to its Friday interview of Rep. Gary Palmer and guns.<br /> <a href="https://t.co/pawqMbyZe4">https://t.co/pawqMbyZe4</a><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/alpolitics?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#alpolitics</a> <br />2 shot at Worcester State University in Massachusetts overnight <a href="https://t.co/pgVIOjpnel">https://t.co/pgVIOjpnel</a></p>— Rob Shattuck (@RobShattuckAL06) <a href="https://twitter.com/RobShattuckAL06/status/1718613411267752043?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 29, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Also, in picking on <a href="https://twitter.com/CBS_42?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@CBS_42</a><br />relative to its Friday interview of Rep. Gary Palmer, it is useful to post <a href="https://twitter.com/abc3340?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@abc3340</a> Pam Huff's 2019 interview of Palmer following the El Paso mass shooting. <a href="https://t.co/pawqMbyZe4">https://t.co/pawqMbyZe4</a>… <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/alpolitics?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#alpolitics</a><a href="https://t.co/9Ui1Dg6ZNI">https://t.co/9Ui1Dg6ZNI</a></p>— Rob Shattuck (@RobShattuckAL06) <a href="https://twitter.com/RobShattuckAL06/status/1718617525846499810?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 29, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en"><a href="https://twitter.com/CBS_42?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@CBS_42</a> <br />You had Rep. Gary Palmer on your show Friday.<br />Can you get Rep. Palmer on phone today to say more about this?<a href="https://t.co/pawqMbyZe4">https://t.co/pawqMbyZe4</a><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/alpolitics?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#alpolitics</a> <br />Halloween weekend shootings kill at least 6, injure over 40 in multiple mass shootings <a href="https://t.co/lPga3I6wfz">https://t.co/lPga3I6wfz</a> via <a href="https://twitter.com/YahooNews?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@YahooNews</a></p>— Rob Shattuck (@RobShattuckAL06) <a href="https://twitter.com/RobShattuckAL06/status/1718912159067897990?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 30, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">For filing in <a href="https://t.co/pawqMbyZe4">https://t.co/pawqMbyZe4</a>.<br>Maybe it's unrealistic to think <a href="https://twitter.com/CBS_42?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@CBS_42</a> can do better in informing viewers about what can or cannot reduce gun violence.<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/alpolitics?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#alpolitics</a> <br>Police scrutinized after revelations Maine shooter's family flagged his behavior <a href="https://t.co/e5UFcoFqu4">https://t.co/e5UFcoFqu4</a></p>— Rob Shattuck (@RobShattuckAL06) <a href="https://twitter.com/RobShattuckAL06/status/1719695374024069379?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 1, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Palmer: "My amendment would prevent the EPA from continuing to purchase weaponry better suited for the military."<br>This definitely needs to be added to to "Picking on CBS 42 re Rep. Gary Palmer and guns" <a href="https://t.co/pawqMbyZe4">https://t.co/pawqMbyZe4</a><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/alpolitics?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#alpolitics</a> <a href="https://t.co/40vdE5Uq46">https://t.co/40vdE5Uq46</a></p>— Rob Shattuck (@RobShattuckAL06) <a href="https://twitter.com/RobShattuckAL06/status/1721386059370500593?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 6, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">May <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/al02?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#al02</a> candidate Jeremy Gray persuade Alabamians to pound on Congress to enact stricter gun laws.<br>Same goes for <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/al06?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#al06</a> Dem candidate Elizabeth Anderson.<br>Below concerns ATF's pistol brace ban and will be filed in<a href="https://t.co/pawqMbyZe4">https://t.co/pawqMbyZe4</a>.<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/alpolitics?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#alpolitics</a> <a href="https://t.co/fV5g8VcJW2">https://t.co/fV5g8VcJW2</a></p>— Rob Shattuck (@RobShattuckAL06) <a href="https://twitter.com/RobShattuckAL06/status/1723756050707292658?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 12, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>Rob Shattuckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02707865352312442808noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7154436047525645.post-23081052810059677152023-10-27T19:09:00.010-05:002023-10-31T19:53:45.746-05:00Email to Leigh I. Saufley, Dean of the University of Maine School of Law<div style="background-color: white; color: #26282a; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; outline: none;"><b style="outline: none;"><div style="font-weight: 400; outline: none;"><b style="outline: none;">From:</b> Rob Shattuck <rdshatt@aol.com></div><div style="font-weight: 400; outline: none;"><b style="outline: none;">To:</b> leigh.saufley@maine.edu <leigh.saufley@maine.edu></div></b></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #26282a; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; outline: none;"><b style="outline: none;">Cc:</b> dmsmolin@samford.edu <dmsmolin@samford.edu>; phorwitz@law.ua.edu <phorwitz@law.ua.edu>; mbrandon@law.ua.edu <mbrandon@law.ua.edu>; aolree@faulkner.edu <aolree@faulkner.edu>; fvars@law.ua.edu <fvars@law.ua.edu>; jvance@law.ua.edu <jvance@law.ua.edu>; rboldt@law.umaryland.edu <rboldt@law.umaryland.edu>; michael.lawrence@law.msu.edu <michael.lawrence@law.msu.edu>; eboddie@umich.edu <eboddie@umich.edu>; caminker@umich.edu <caminker@umich.edu>; samerman@umich.edu <samerman@umich.edu>; rdfrdman@umich.edu <rdfrdman@umich.edu>; dhalber@umich.edu <dhalber@umich.edu>; dherzog@umich.edu <dherzog@umich.edu>; mmeyerson@ubalt.edu <mmeyerson@ubalt.edu>; higginbotham@ubalt.edu <higginbotham@ubalt.edu>; mstearns@law.umaryland.edu <mstearns@law.umaryland.edu></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #26282a; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; outline: none;"><b style="outline: none;">Sent:</b> Friday, October 27, 2023 at 09:55:19 AM CDT</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #26282a; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; outline: none;"><b style="outline: none;">Subject:</b> Does Second Amendment prohibit assault weapons bans?</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #26282a; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; outline: none;"><br clear="none" style="outline: none;" /></div><div style="outline: none;"><div id="yiv6608382234ydpeaa96810yiv4480116826" style="outline: none;"><div style="outline: none;"><div class="yiv6608382234ydpeaa96810yiv4480116826ydp26efa47byahoo-style-wrap" style="outline: none;"><div id="yiv6608382234ydpeaa96810yiv4480116826ydp26efa47byiv2774051868" style="outline: none;"><div style="outline: none;"><div class="yiv6608382234ydpeaa96810yiv4480116826ydp26efa47byiv2774051868yahoo-style-wrap" style="outline: none;"><div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #26282a; font-family: arial; font-size: 16px; outline: none;">Dear Maine Law President and Dean Saufley,</div><div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #26282a; font-family: arial; font-size: 16px; outline: none;">I am a retired lawyer in Alabama.</div><div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #26282a; font-family: arial; font-size: 16px; outline: none;">For some time I have been trying to purvey the mantra "guns for self-defense only." See <a href="https://al6thcongdist-ihaveuntiljan13.blogspot.com/2022/12/gunsforselfdefenseonly-contd.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" shape="rect" style="color: #196ad4; outline: none;" target="_blank">https://al6thcongdist-ihaveuntiljan13.blogspot.com/2022/12/gunsforselfdefenseonly-contd.html</a> and <a href="https://al6thcongdist-ihaveuntiljan13.blogspot.com/2022/11/gunsforselfdefenseonly.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" shape="rect" style="color: #196ad4; outline: none;" target="_blank">https://al6thcongdist-ihaveuntiljan13.blogspot.com/2022/11/gunsforselfdefenseonly.html</a></div><div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #26282a; font-family: arial; font-size: 16px; outline: none;">Right now in Alabama, I am proceeding as indicated at <a href="https://al6thcongdist-ihaveuntiljan13.blogspot.com/2023/09/draft-statement-to-birmingham-city.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" shape="rect" style="color: #196ad4; outline: none;" target="_blank">https://al6thcongdist-ihaveuntiljan13.blogspot.com/2023/09/draft-statement-to-birmingham-city.html</a>.</div><div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #26282a; font-family: arial; font-size: 16px; outline: none;">In the course of my work I have written to constitutional law professors in Alabama and elsewhere (see my February 14, 2023 email to Maryland constitutional law professors and my February 24, 2023 email to Michigan constitutional law professors posted in the first link above), soliciting them to express themselves about what I was advocating and to lend assistance in messaging lawmakers and citizens about the Second Amendment. </div><div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #26282a; font-family: arial; font-size: 16px; outline: none;">Does what I am doing appeal to you and other Maine Law professors for doing in Maine?</div><div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #26282a; font-family: arial; font-size: 16px; outline: none;">If it does appeal to you, please let me know.</div><div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #26282a; font-family: arial; font-size: 16px; outline: none;">Thank you very much.</div><div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #26282a; font-family: arial; font-size: 16px; outline: none;">Sincerely,</div><div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #26282a; font-family: arial; font-size: 16px; outline: none;">Rob Shattuck</div><div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #26282a; font-family: arial; font-size: 16px; outline: none;">Mountain Brook AL</div><div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #26282a; font-family: arial; font-size: 16px; outline: none;">205-967-5586</div><div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #26282a; font-family: arial; font-size: 16px; outline: none;"><br /></div><b>Email asking Maine Moms Demand Action chapter leaders what they think</b><br />From: Rob Shattuck <rdshatt@aol.com><br />To: maine@momschapterleaders.org <maine@momschapterleaders.org><br />Cc: Moms Demand Action Alabama <alabama@momschapterleaders.org>; Dana Ellis <danaellis865@gmail.com>; Melissa Bailey <melissa.bailey.al@gmail.com><br />Sent: Saturday, October 28, 2023 at 07:30:35 AM CDT<br />Subject: Fw: Lewiston - email to Leigh I. Saufley, Dean of the University of Maine School of Law<br />I am in Alabama. <br />I received an automated reply to the below email I sent to Angela Ferrell-Zabala in reply to her email to me regarding Lewiston. The automated reply said there were too many emails received for every email to to be responded to and gave yourstate@momschapterleaders.org as a alternative email address to contact. Accordingly, I am contacting you, the Maine chapter leader or leaders, and ask you what do you think about the below email I sent to Leigh I. Saufley, Dean of the University of Maine School of Law? <br />Thank you.<br />Rob Shattuck<br />Mountain Brook AL<br />----- Forwarded Message -----<br />From: Rob Shattuck <rdshatt@aol.com><br />To: Angela Ferrell-Zabala, Everytown for Gun Safety <info@everytown.org><br />Cc: Moms Demand Action Alabama <alabama@momschapterleaders.org>; Dana Ellis <danaellis865@gmail.com>; Melissa Bailey <melissa.bailey.al@gmail.com><br />Sent: Saturday, October 28, 2023 at 05:00:36 AM CDT<br />Subject: Re: Lewiston - email to Leigh I. Saufley, Dean of the University of Maine School of Law<br />What do you think about the below email I sent to Leigh I. Saufley, Dean of the University of Maine School of Law?<br />Rob Shattuck<br />Mountain Brook AL<br /></div><div class="yiv6608382234ydpeaa96810yiv4480116826ydp26efa47byiv2774051868yahoo-style-wrap" style="outline: none;">[referenced "below email to Leigh I. Saufley" is the email posted above]</div><div class="yiv6608382234ydpeaa96810yiv4480116826ydp26efa47byiv2774051868yahoo-style-wrap" style="outline: none;"><br /></div><b>Emails Maine and Massachusetts Moms Demand Action chapter leaders</b><br />From: Rob Shattuck <rdshatt@aol.com><br />To: Massachusetts@momschapterleaders.org <massachusetts@momschapterleaders.org><br />Cc: Moms Demand Action Maine <maine@momschapterleaders.org>; Moms Demand Action Alabama <alabama@momschapterleaders.org>; Dana Ellis <danaellis865@gmail.com>; Melissa Bailey <melissa.bailey.al@gmail.com><br />Sent: Sunday, October 29, 2023 at 09:09:53 AM CDT<br />Subject: Worcester State University shooting: email to Leigh I. Saufley, Dean of the University of Maine School of Law<br />This email to the Massachusetts Mom Demand Action chapter leaders is prompted by yesterday's Worcester State University shooting in Massachusetts.<br />In connection with the Lewiston mass shootings, I sent an email to Leigh I. Saufley, Dean of the University of Maine School of Law that I shared with the Maine Mom Demand Action chapter leaders. I believe the Maine leaders are considering said email, at least to the extent of asking me about links that I provided that were not initially working.<br />My email to Dean Saufley, and my sharing of the same with the Maine Moms Demand Action chapter leaders, are set out at <a href="https://al6thcongdist-ihaveuntiljan13.blogspot.com/2023/10/email-to-leigh-i-saufley-dean-of.html">https://al6thcongdist-ihaveuntiljan13.blogspot.com/2023/10/email-to-leigh-i-saufley-dean-of.html</a>.<br />I hope you will review the foregoing link and tell me whether you think what I am doing and advocating for Maine could be usefully pursued for Massachusetts.<br />Thank you very much.<br />Sincerely,<br />Rob Shattuck<br />Mountain Brook AL</div><div style="outline: none;">------------<br />From: Moms Demand Action Maine <maine@momschapterleaders.org><br />To: Rob Shattuck <rdshatt@aol.com><br />Cc: Massachusetts@momschapterleaders.org <massachusetts@momschapterleaders.org>; Moms Demand Action Alabama <alabama@momschapterleaders.org>; Dana Ellis <danaellis865@gmail.com>; Melissa Bailey <melissa.bailey.al@gmail.com><br />Sent: Sunday, October 29, 2023 at 10:13:54 AM CDT<br />Subject: Re: Worcester State University shooting: email to Leigh I. Saufley, Dean of the University of Maine School of Law<br />No, that is not actually factual. I was simply looking to understand the context of your email. Is is not something we are interested in taking up at this time. This ist intentionally misleading.<br />Kathleen McFadden<br />MAINE Volunteer Chapter Leader<br />Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America<br />CELL : 207.307.9197<br />EMAIL : <a href="mailto:ILLINOIS@MOMSCHAPTERLEADERS.ORG">MAINE@MOMSCHAPTERLEADERS.ORG</a><br /></div><div style="outline: none;"><div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; outline: none;"></div></div><div style="outline: none;">----------</div><div style="outline: none;">From: Rob Shattuck <rdshatt@aol.com><br />To: Moms Demand Action Maine <maine@momschapterleaders.org><br />Cc: Massachusetts@momschapterleaders.org <massachusetts@momschapterleaders.org>; Moms Demand Action Alabama <alabama@momschapterleaders.org>; Dana Ellis <danaellis865@gmail.com>; Melissa Bailey <melissa.bailey.al@gmail.com>; leigh.saufley@maine.edu <leigh.saufley@maine.edu><br />Sent: Monday, October 30, 2023 at 06:31:09 PM CDT<br />Subject: Re: Worcester State University shooting: email to Leigh I. Saufley, Dean of the University of Maine School of Law<br />OK, thank you, Kathleen.<br />By copying this email to Dean Saufley, I will pass on to Dean Saufley that Moms Demand Action Maine is not interested in taking up what I am suggesting to her.<br />Rob Shattuck</div><div style="outline: none;">----------</div>From: Lynn and Jen, MA Chapter Leaders <massachusetts@momschapterleaders.org><br />To: Rob Shattuck <rdshatt@aol.com><br />Cc: Moms Demand Action Maine <maine@momschapterleaders.org>; Moms Demand Action Alabama <alabama@momschapterleaders.org>; Dana Ellis <danaellis865@gmail.com>; Melissa Bailey <melissa.bailey.al@gmail.com><br />Sent: Sunday, October 29, 2023 at 08:05:25 PM CDT<br />Subject: Re: Worcester State University shooting: email to Leigh I. Saufley, Dean of the University of Maine School of Law<br />Thank you for your email. We will have to decline your offer of engagement on this. We have our priorities for our state already outlined and are staying focused on those.<br />Lynn and Jen<br />MASSACHUSETTS CHAPTER LEADERS<br /><a href="mailto:massachusetts@momschapterleaders.org">massachusetts@momschapterleaders.org</a></div><div id="yiv6608382234ydpeaa96810yiv4480116826ydp26efa47byiv2774051868" style="outline: none;">------------</div><div id="yiv6608382234ydpeaa96810yiv4480116826ydp26efa47byiv2774051868" style="outline: none;">From: Rob Shattuck <rdshatt@aol.com><br />To: Lynn and Jen, MA Chapter Leaders <massachusetts@momschapterleaders.org><br />Cc: Moms Demand Action Maine <maine@momschapterleaders.org>; Moms Demand Action Alabama <alabama@momschapterleaders.org>; Dana Ellis <danaellis865@gmail.com>; Melissa Bailey <melissa.bailey.al@gmail.com><br />Sent: Monday, October 30, 2023 at 06:44:07 PM CDT<br />Subject: Re: Worcester State University shooting: email to Leigh I. Saufley, Dean of the University of Maine School of Law<br />Thank you, Lynn and Jen.<br />I am sure Massachusetts presents a very different environment from Alabama for advancing the cause of gun violence reduction and that environments allows for meaningful priorities.<br />As best I can tell, the situation in Alabama is hopeless, and this had led me to my "hail Mary" approach set out at <a href="https://al6thcongdist-ihaveuntiljan13.blogspot.com/2023/09/draft-statement-to-birmingham-city.html">https://al6thcongdist-ihaveuntiljan13.blogspot.com/2023/09/draft-statement-to-birmingham-city.html</a>.<br />Here's hoping the best for both MA and AL.<br />Rob Shattuck<br /></div></div></div></div></div>Rob Shattuckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02707865352312442808noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7154436047525645.post-2800459054353559662023-10-22T18:02:00.026-05:002024-03-06T09:01:51.953-06:00Can retired AL TV news personages help improve AL TV news journalism?<div>Dear Janet Hall, Don Dailey and Rick Karle:</div><div><br /></div>Janet retired from WBRC in 2020; Don retired from APT in 2021, and Rick is retiring from WVTM this year.<div><br /></div><div><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">TV stations journalism shortcomings</span></b><br />For a couple of years I have been critical about shortcomings of Alabama TV stations in the performance of their journalistic obligations.<br /><br />The Radio Television Digital News Association's code of ethics sets out those obligations in the following way:<br /><br /><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;">Journalism’s obligation is to the public. Journalism places the public’s interests ahead of commercial, political and personal interests. Journalism empowers viewers, listeners and readers to make more informed decisions for themselves; it does not tell people what to believe or how to feel. <a href="https://www.rtdna.org/ethics">https://www.rtdna.org/ethics</a></blockquote><br />The foregoing is a very high standard for journalistic ethics, and may be impossible of full attainment.<div><br /></div><div>As high as the standard is, it would seem at least call for Alabama TV stations to evaluate themselves, what their shortcomings are, and decide whether they should try to make improvements in the performance of their journalistic obligations.<br /><br />I have put forth a number of criticisms. Examples include these links:<br /></div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div><a href="https://al6thcongdist-ihaveuntiljan13.blogspot.com/2022/11/local-tv-journalism-ethics-and.html">https://al6thcongdist-ihaveuntiljan13.blogspot.com/2022/11/local-tv-journalism-ethics-and.html</a></div><div><a href="https://al6thcongdist-ihaveuntiljan13.blogspot.com/2022/10/how-do-al-tv-stations-live-up.html">https://al6thcongdist-ihaveuntiljan13.blogspot.com/2022/10/how-do-al-tv-s</a><a href="https://al6thcongdist-ihaveuntiljan13.blogspot.com/2022/10/how-do-al-tv-stations-live-up.html">tations-live-up.html</a></div><div><a href="https://al6thcongdist-ihaveuntiljan13.blogspot.com/2023/02/opening-new-front-against-al-tv-stations.html">https://al6thcongdist-ihaveuntiljan13.blogspot.com/2023/02/opening-new-front-against-al-tv-stations.html</a></div><div><a href="https://al6thcongdist-ihaveuntiljan13.blogspot.com/2023/05/this-is-for-you-al-tv-stations.html">https://al6thcongdist-ihaveuntiljan13.blogspot.com/2023/05/this-is-for-you-al-tv-stations.html</a></div></blockquote><div><br />I have concluded that either the business and political interests of the TV stations have hindered them from fulfilling their journalistic obligations in a reasonably satisfactory way, or the TV stations do not have qualified staff capable of performing at the journalistic level that is called for. I think the shortcomings are so great that the TV stations ought to acknowledge to their viewers that the viewers should not consider themselves, in the words of the above code of ethics, "empower[ed] to make [reasonably] informed decisions for themselves."<br /><br />The TV stations by and large have been unresponsive to my criticisms. They have neither put forth a defense of their performances of their journalistic obligations nor acknowledged the shortcomings in their performance of their journalistic obligations.<br /><br />There have been two exceptions. One has been Susana Schuler, General Manager of WVTM. <br /><br />The other is Brendan Kirby of Fox 10 News in Mobile, who forthrightly tweeted to me, "We don't editorialize." For more on this, see <a href="https://al6thcongdist-ihaveuntiljan13.blogspot.com/2022/07/al-tv-viewers-need-help-reaching-their.html">https://al6thcongdist-ihaveuntiljan13.blogspot.com/2022/07/al-tv-viewers-need-help-reaching-their.html</a>.<br /><br />The Alabama Broadcasters Association has disavowed being a forum for the member TV stations to evaluate collectively how well they are performing their journalistic obligations (and possibly inspiring one another to do better) and disavowed being an intermediary where the public can voice their criticisms about the journalistic performance of the TV stations. See 2023 emails with Alabama Broadcasters Association that are posted in <a href="https://al6thcongdist-ihaveuntiljan13.blogspot.com/2022/03/al-broadcasters-assoc-and-academics-re.html">https://al6thcongdist-ihaveuntiljan13.blogspot.com/2022/03/al-broadcasters-assoc-and-academics-re.html</a>.<br /><br />This disavowal seems supported by the Association's Educational Advisor, Dr. Brian S. Butler, the dean of The University of Alabama College of Communication and Information Sciences.</div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>Journalism and communications academic community</b></span></div><div>I have extensively endeavored to communicate to journalism and communications professors in Alabama and to inquire about what they teach their students about the journalistic obligations the students will be undertaking in their careers, about how well the students' prospective employers fulfill those obligations, and what the professors endeavor to improve the performance of those obligations. As to recent efforts I made in April of this year, see <br /><a href="https://al6thcongdist-ihaveuntiljan13.blogspot.com/2023/04/2023-southern-studies-conference.html">https://al6thcongdist-ihaveuntiljan13.blogspot.com/2023/04/2023-southern-studies-conference.html</a>. See also <a href="https://al6thcongdist-ihaveuntiljan13.blogspot.com/2022/03/al-broadcasters-assoc-and-academics-re.html">https://al6thcongdist-ihaveuntiljan13.blogspot.com/2022/03/al-broadcasters-assoc-and-academics-re.html</a> and <a href="https://al6thcongdist-ihaveuntiljan13.blogspot.com/2022/04/email-to-ua-uab-auburn-samford.html">https://al6thcongdist-ihaveuntiljan13.blogspot.com/2022/04/email-to-ua-uab-auburn-samford.html</a></div><div><br />I have received little or no information in response to my inquiries.</div><div><br /></div><div>I am not in a position to judge how hard the academic journalism and communication community tries to teach and instill in students the journalistic obligations the students are supposed to fulfill or how hard the community tries to influence TV stations in how the TV stations perform their journalistic obligations.</div><div><br /></div><div>Regardless of how much effort the academic journalism and communication community makes, the great shortfall in the TV stations' performance of their journalism obligations described above is as it is.</div><div><br /></div><div><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Other "institutions" possibly stepping up</span></b></div><div>With the shortcomings of the TV stations, besides communicating to the academic community, I have tried to communicate to the business, legal and medical communities to urge them to find a way to step in. See <a href="https://al6thcongdist-ihaveuntiljan13.blogspot.com/2022/07/local-tv-failure-calling-on-other.html">https://al6thcongdist-ihaveuntiljan13.blogspot.com/2022/07/local-tv-failure-calling-on-other.html</a>. In the foregoing link, I ask the question: "Is there anyone in Alabama to whom Alabamians may turn for relatively unbiased, intelligent political commentary/opinion, and who has a significant audience of Alabama voters across the political spectrum?"</div><div><br /><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Retired Alabama TV news personages; Judy Woodruff</span></b></div><div>So now I turn to retired Alabama TV news personages to try to find out whether they can help out.<br /><br />To hold out inspiration, I cite Judy Woodruff, the retiring grand dame of public television and the PBS News Hour. Please watch <a href="https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/judy-woodruffs-goodbye-message-to-viewers-as-she-departs-newshour-anchor-desk">https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/judy-woodruffs-goodbye-message-to-viewers-as-she-departs-newshour-anchor-desk</a>, consider her parting words, </div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div style="text-align: left;">"I will still be around as a correspondent, taking on a big project for the next couple of years called America at a Crossroads, trying to understand our country better and why we Americans seem so divided."</div></blockquote>and do your own reflection on her focus on understanding "why we Americans seem so divided."<br /><p>Janet Hall, Don Dailey and Rick Karle, please help out here.</p><p><b>Email "Dear Janet Hall, Don Dailey and Rick Karle: Can retired AL TV news personages help improve AL TV news journalism?"</b><br />From: Rob Shattuck <rdshatt@aol.com>To: shannon.isbell@wbrc.com <shannon.isbell@wbrc.com>; todd@aldailynews.com <todd@aldailynews.com>; rick.karle@hearst.com <rick.karle@hearst.com><br />Sent: Wednesday, October 25, 2023 at 09:42:45 AM CDT<br />Subject: Dear Janet Hall, Don Dailey and Rick Karle: Can retired AL TV news personages help improve AL TV news journalism?<br />Dear Janet (c/o shannon.isbell@wbrc.com), Don (c/o todd@aldailynews.com), and Rick:<br />Please read <a href="https://al6thcongdist-ihaveuntiljan13.blogspot.com/2023/10/can-retired-alabama-tv-news-personages.html">https://al6thcongdist-ihaveuntiljan13.blogspot.com/2023/10/can-retired-alabama-tv-news-personages.html</a>, which makes an appeal to you, as retired Alabama TV news personages, to help improve Alabama TV journalism.<br />I hope there is something you can and will do.<br />I can't find email addresses for Janet and Don, so I have used the indicated c/o email addresses, which I think will work for their purpose.<br />Thank you.<br />Sincerely,<br />Rob Shattuck<br />Mountain Brook</p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>Addendums to above</b></span></p></div>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">"And David Smith is also executive chair of Sinclair Broadcasting, which has drawn criticism for injecting conservative and right-wing commentary into its local news broadcasts that owns over 200 local TV stations."<a href="https://t.co/6kzxEq8Ly8">https://t.co/6kzxEq8Ly8</a><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/alpolitics?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#alpolitics</a> <a href="https://t.co/mP4utPecs5">https://t.co/mP4utPecs5</a></p>— Rob Shattuck (@RobShattuckAL06) <a href="https://twitter.com/RobShattuckAL06/status/1748727786078941477?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 20, 2024</a></blockquote><b>Email to Hoover Sun's Jon Anderson </b><br />From: Rob Shattuck <rdshatt@aol.com><br />To: Jon Anderson <janderson@starnesmedia.com><br />Cc: rmartin@cbs42.com <rmartin@cbs42.com>; shannon.isbell@wbrc.com <shannon.isbell@wbrc.com>; Baylor Long <blong@hearst.com>; pamhuff@sbgtv.com <pamhuff@sbgtv.com>; knorred@wvua23.com <knorred@wvua23.com>; Mike Wright <mwright@waaytv.com><br />Sent: Wednesday, February 21, 2024 at 05:26:59 PM CST<br />Subject: Re: Wilkins, McFeeters challenge Palmer in Congressional District 6 forum<br />Thank you, Jon.<br />I would like to pick up on your having "to remain neutral in political matters and opinions."<br />There is first the "neutrality" of your individual personal biases and interests not affecting your reporting of political matters or your expressing opinions about candidates and political issues.<br />There is also whether journalistic "neutrality" can be compromised by corporate media owners' commercial interests affecting their political news reporting or affecting their editorializing about candidates and political issues.<br />Question: How can Birmingham TV stations be neutral in fulfilling their journalistic obligations when they are receiving thousands of dollars to run Gary Palmer's ads touting himself as having the complete backing of Donald Trump? I think Alabama TV stations have been compromised by the revenues they receive for running political ads, and I have written this up in my blog entry <a href="https://al6thcongdist-ihaveuntiljan13.blogspot.com/2022/11/local-tv-journalism-ethics-and.html">Be An Alabama Rootstriker* with Rob Shattuck: Local TV stations, journalism ethics and political ads (al6thcongdist-ihaveuntiljan13.blogspot.com)</a><br />I also think Alabama TV viewers need help in reaching conclusions about candidates and political issues, and I have written about this as well in <a href="https://al6thcongdist-ihaveuntiljan13.blogspot.com/2022/07/al-tv-viewers-need-help-reaching-their.html">Be An Alabama Rootstriker* with Rob Shattuck: AL TV viewers need help reaching their conclusions (al6thcongdist-ihaveuntiljan13.blogspot.com)</a>.<br />Last October, I solicited retired Alabama TV personages Janet Hall, Don Dailey and Rick Karle to use their retirement freedom to push for Alabama TV stations to better perform their journalistic obligations, per <a href="https://al6thcongdist-ihaveuntiljan13.blogspot.com/2023/10/can-retired-alabama-tv-news-personages.html">Be An Alabama Rootstriker* with Rob Shattuck: Can retired AL TV news personages help improve AL TV news journalism? (al6thcongdist-ihaveuntiljan13.blogspot.com)</a>.<br />Janet Hall and Scott Richards, who recently died suddenly, were longtime colleague at WBRC, and I would like to suggest that a way for Janet and WBRC to honor Scott Richards would be for them to take up things I say In the above links.<br />In addition to my above contacting of Alabama TV stations, currently I am trying to inform ABC3340, CBS42, WVTM13 and WBRC of my efforts to get on the ballot in the 6th Congressional district. I do not know whether they are paying any attention. WVUA23 in Tuscaloosa showed an interest in my coming to talk with their editorial board, but, Tuscaloosa not being in the 6th Congressional district, I have not taken up WVUA23 on the suggestion. Also, Mike Wright of WAAY TV in Huntsville has twice said to me he would like to meet up with me when he comes to Birmingham.<br />I am copying the foregoing TV stations on this email for whatever effect it may have regarding the foregoing matters.<br />Rob Shattuck<br /><br /><b>Email to CBS42 News Director Rob Martin and NewsNation Chris Stirewalt</b><br /><div> From: Rob Shattuck <rdshatt@aol.com><br />To: rmartin@cbs42.com <rmartin@cbs42.com>; bfeldman@newsnationnow.com <bfeldman@newsnationnow.com><br />Cc: Jon Anderson <janderson@starnesmedia.com>; shannon.isbell@wbrc.com <shannon.isbell@wbrc.com>; Baylor Long <blong@hearst.com>; pamhuff@sbgtv.com <pamhuff@sbgtv.com>; knorred@wvua23.com <knorred@wvua23.com>; Mike Wright <mwright@waaytv.com><br />Sent: Friday, March 1, 2024 at 07:20:16 PM CST<br />Subject: CBS42 Andrea Lindenberg interviews this week of Gary Palmer and Chris Stirewalt<br />Dear Mr. Martin and Mr. Stirewalt (c/o NewsNation Media Contact Beth Feldman):<br />I am emailing CBS News Director Rob Martin again and also Chris Stirewalt, prompted by seeing Andrea Lindenberg's interviews this week of Gary Palmer (on Thursday) and of Chris Stirewalt (today), Mr. Sirewalt being with NewsNation and commencing a Sunday talk show "The Hill Sunday."<br />I saw only part of the Gary Palmer interview. I cannot find that interview or the Chris Stirewalt interview online, so I am speaking from memory here.<br />Chris Stirewalt said local TV stations, including CBS42, had the greatest trust of viewers, compared to the trust viewers had of other news sources. I think Chris Stirewalt particularly mentioned the trust that local TV stations had for holding accountable those parties who affected the lives of the local viewers.<br />In the below email I sent to Hoover Sun's Jon Anderson, on which CBS News Director Rob Martin was copied, I ask the question "How can Birmingham TV stations be neutral in fulfilling their journalistic obligations when they are receiving thousands of dollars to run Gary Palmer's ads touting himself as having the complete backing of Donald Trump?"<br />In <a href="https://al6thcongdist-ihaveuntiljan13.blogspot.com/2023/10/can-retired-alabama-tv-news-personages.html">Be An Alabama Rootstriker* with Rob Shattuck: Can retired AL TV news personages help improve AL TV news journalism? (al6thcongdist-ihaveuntiljan13.blogspot.com)</a>, I answer the foregoing question in the following way:<br /></div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div style="text-align: left;">I have concluded that either the business and political interests of the TV stations have hindered them from fulfilling their journalistic obligations in a reasonably satisfactory way, or the TV stations do not have qualified staff capable of performing at the journalistic level that is called for. I think the shortcomings are so great that the TV stations ought to acknowledge to their viewers that the viewers should not consider themselves, in the words of the above code of ethics, "empower[ed] to make [reasonably] informed decisions for themselves."</div></blockquote><div>I send this email and copy the same FWIW.<br />Sincerely,<br />Rob Shattuck<br />Mountain Brook AL<br /> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script></div>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Do you agree with my criticism of how Alabama TV stations have "covered" elections that I set out at <a href="https://t.co/6kzxEq8Ly8">https://t.co/6kzxEq8Ly8</a>?<br>Will you join me to press the TV stations to do better between now and November?<br>Thanks.<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/alpolitics?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#alpolitics</a></p>— Rob Shattuck (@RobShattuckAL06) <a href="https://twitter.com/RobShattuckAL06/status/1765391575821980021?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 6, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>Rob Shattuckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02707865352312442808noreply@blogger.com0