Sunday, May 14, 2023

This is for you, AL TV stations

Email to Alabama Broadcasters Association re ABA Task Force for American Democracy
From: Rob Shattuck <rdshatt@aol.com>
To: Sharon Tinsley <stinsley@al-ba.com>
Cc: bsbutler@ua.edu <bsbutler@ua.edu>
Sent: Sunday, September 3, 2023 at 09:36:35 AM CDT
Subject: Email to Dr. Butler re American Bar Association Task Force for Democracy; getting word out to broadcaster members
Good Sunday morning, Sharon.
Although I had a mix up in email addresses, below is an email I have sent to Educational Advisor Dr. Brian Butler regarding the recently created American Bar Association Task Force for American Democracy, and urging that broadcaster members of the Alabama Broadcasters Association could help in Alabama regarding what the American Bar Association Task Force is trying to accomplish.
Dr. Butler may have learned about my email only last Thursday, and I don't know what Dr. Butler thinks about what I am urging. I hope Dr. Butler decides to be proactive in his capacity as Educational Advisor to the Alabama Broadcasters Association.
You previously indicated to me that, if I wanted anything communicated to broadcaster members, I needed to do the communicating directly, and you would not pass on to broadcaster members anything I communicate to you. Is that still the case?
Thank you.
Sincerely,
Rob Shattuck

----- Forwarded Message -----
From: Rob Shattuck <rdshatt@aol.com>
To: bsbutler@ua.edu <bsbutler@ua.edu>
Sent: Thursday, August 31, 2023 at 06:23:07 PM CDT
Subject: Fw: Alabama broadcasters and American Bar Association Task Force for American Democracy
Dear Dr. Butler:
The wepage https://news.ua.edu/2022/05/ua-names-butler-dean-of-communication-and-information-sciences/ caused me to send the below August 13th email mistakenly using Dr. Welbourne's name and email address. I noticed this mistake today and am forwarding the email to you using your email address.
Thank you.
Rob Shattuck
----- Forwarded Message -----
From: Rob Shattuck <rdshatt@aol.com>
To: bryant.welbourne@ua.edu <bryant.welbourne@ua.edu>
Sent: Sunday, August 13, 2023 at 05:37:02 PM CDT
Subject: Alabama broadcasters and American Bar Association Task Force for American Democracy
Dear Dr. Welbourne:
I am emailing you in your capacity as Educational Advisor to the Alabama Broadcasters Association.
This week the American Bar Association created a "Task Force for American Democracy" and published a Task Force Mission Statement that appears at https://www.americanbar.org/groups/leadership/office_of_the_president/american-democracy/overview/.
As a predicate for the Task Force, the Mission Statement says:
"Our American democracy is under threat. . .. 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. The time for answers and action is now."
The Mission Statement lists nine things the Task Force will consider and address. These nine things are:
1. Education of our citizenry on the importance of an inclusive, strong, and enduring democracy;
2. Ways to maximize voter confidence and participation in our democratic process;
3. Ways to dis-incentivize irresponsible and extremist rhetoric and positions among elected officials and candidates for elective office;
4. Ways to ensure the administration of elections remains nonpartisan;
5. Ways for ensuring the integrity and the safety of state election officials and workers across the country;
6. Ways in which the press and social media can and should contribute to the promotion and avoid denigration of our democracy;
7. The role cyberspace can play in either promoting or corrupting the American democratic process;
8. Anti-democratic weaknesses and vulnerabilities in the existing manner in which candidates for federal office are elected in this country; and
9. Potential changes in federal, state, and local practices, laws, and constitutions to meet these ends.
I am a retired lawyer and I have sent to the Alabama State Bar an email urging it to undertake supportive activities in Alabama regarding what the American Bar Association Task Force is doing. My email to the Alabama State Bar is set forth below.
I think the broadcaster members of the Alabama Broadcasters Association can help in Alabama regarding what the American Bar Association Task Force is trying to accomplish.
I hope you agree and you will press upon the Alabama Broadcasters Association and its broadcaster members how, in the threat to our democracy: "The time for answers and action is now."
Thank you very much for your attention to this email.
Sincerely,
Rob Shattuck
Mountain Brook, AL

To: terri.lovell@alabar.org <terri.lovell@alabar.org>
Sent: Thursday, August 10, 2023 at 06:23:49 PM CDT
Subject: Will ASB undertake supportive activity in Alabama re ABA Task Force for American Democracy
Dear Terri,
I am an inactive member of the Alabama State Bar.
Yesterday, American Bar Association president Mary Smith announced the creation of an ABA-sponsored Task Force for American Democracy, which announcement was accompanied by the Mission Statement that appears at https://www.americanbar.org/groups/leadership/office_of_the_president/american-democracy/overview/.
I think the Alabama State Bar should 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.
If the ASB undertakes any such supportive activity, I would like to participate in the same.
I think you are aware that I personally have been considering matters that the Mission Statement lists for addressing by the ABA Task Force, such as at https://al6thcongdist-ihaveuntiljan13.blogspot.com/2023/05/weaponization-of-justice-system.html.
Please let me know if the ASB makes a decision to undertake supportive activity in Alabama in connection with what the ABA Task Force will be doing, and whether I may participate in the ASB's supportive activity.
Thank you.
Sincerely,
Rob Shattuck

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