Saturday, May 6, 2023

Weaponization of justice system

Email to Alabama State Bar re weaponization of justice system
From: Rob Shattuck <rdshatt@aol.com>
To:tim.gallagher@chlaw.com ,cpii.law@gmail.com, gbutrus@balch.com, juliana.dean@dcnr.alabama.gov, cryan@uasystem.edu, jhayes@princelaw.net, fhelmsing@mcdowellknight.com
Cc: terri.lovell@alabar.org >
Sent: Sun, Apr 2, 2023 9:21 am
Subject: Alabama State Bar and weaponization of justice system
Dear chairs of Leadership Forum Selection & Program Committee, Bench & Bar Relations Committee, Government Relations Liaison Committee, and Lawyer Public Relations Task Force:
I am an inactive member of the Alabama bar.
Our country is being dangerously buffeted by charges and counter charges of weaponization of the justice system. This is increasing the polarization in the country, and, in this buffeting and polarization, I think it is fair to say there are forces seeking to capsize the ship of state.
In the situation, the citizens badly need leaders and institutions whom they can trust and respect.
Such institutions and leaders, however, seem hard for citizens to find.
While the Alabama State Bar is only a small "institution," I think it should consider whether it should try to be an "institution" in Alabama to whom Alabamians can listen with respect and trust related to how Alabamians respond to the "weaponization of the justice system" charges and counter charges that are buffeting the country and threatening to capsize the ship of state.
Maybe one or more of your committees and task force will undertake considering this, decide there is something the Alabama State Bar can do in the situation, and proceed to do it.
Thank you for your attention to this email.
Sincerely,
Rob Shattuck
Mountain Brook

Email to chambers of commerce re Alabama State Bar and weaponization of justice system
From: Rob Shattuck <rdshatt@aol.com>
To: ddcole@bcatoday.org, ejerkins@birminghambusinessalliance.com, director@homewoodchamber.org, chamber@vestaviahills.org, rfigh@montgomerychamber.com, chamberinfo@shelbychamber.net, pelhamchamberofcommerce@gmail.com, sandra@leedsareachamber.com,
ejerkins@birminghambusinessalliance.com, nbaldwin@birminghambusinessalliance.com, kkhodanian@birminghambusinessalliance.com, edix@birminghambusinessalliance.com, hduncan@bcatoday.org, cfranklin@bcatoday.org, khope@bcatoday.org,
Cc: tim.gallagher@chlaw.com ,cpii.law@gmail.com, gbutrus@balch.com, juliana.dean@dcnr.alabama.gov, cryan@uasystem.edu, jhayes@princelaw.net, fhelmsing@mcdowellknight.com
Sent: Wed, Apr 5, 2023 10:56 am
Subject: Alabama State Bar and weaponization of justice system
To Alabama chambers of commerce:
Our country is being dangerously buffeted by charges and counter charges of weaponization of the justice system. This is increasing the polarization in the country, and, in this buffeting and polarization, it is fair to say there are forces seeking to capsize the ship of state.
I sent the below email to the Alabama State Bar asking that it consider being an "institution" in Alabama to whom Alabamians can listen with respect and trust related to how Alabamians respond to the "weaponization of the justice system" charges and counter charges that are buffeting the country and threatening to capsize the ship of state.
I am sending this email to Alabama chambers of commerce for what it is worth.
For filing in:
https://al6thcongdist-ihaveuntiljan13.blogspot.com/2022/05/a-time-for-al-institutional-respect-and.html
https://al6thcongdist-ihaveuntiljan13.blogspot.com/2022/04/alabamastatebar-civic-obligations-re.html
https://al6thcongdist-ihaveuntiljan13.blogspot.com/2022/04/is-it-business-as-usual-for-bca.html
Sincerely,
Rob Shattuck

Email to Alabama District Attorneys Association
From: Rob Shattuck <rdshatt@aol.com>
To: darylbailey@mc-ala.org <darylbailey@mc-ala.org>
Cc: comments@abc3340.com, programming@abc3340.com, Susana.Schuler@hearst.com, blong@hearst.com, wcromwell@cbs42.com, rmartin@cbs42.com, jason.mathews@gray.tv, jama.killingsworth@waff.com, julie@waff.com, paul.caron@whnt.com, mwright@waaytv.com, sgallien@waaytv.com, eric.duncan@fox10tv.com, Randy.Merrow@fox10tv.com, news@mynbc15.com, dsingleton@mynbc15.com, PAlbrecht@wkrg.com, clombard@wkrg.com, robby.thomas@wtvy.com, stephen.crews@wtvy.com, TCole@wdhn.com, RWare@wdhn.com, mbunting@wsfa.com, sduff@wsfa.com, ghalbrooks@alabamanews.net, jrainey@alabamanews.net, sdiorio@wvua23.com, knorred@wvua23.com, emileigh.forrester@whnt.com, emily.moessner@whnt.com, greg.screws@whnt.com, hbaker@waff.com, sean.dowling@waff.com, matthew.king@waff.com,dshaffer@waaytv.com, nwilliams@waaytv.com, mwaxel@waaytv.com,
, mgurspan@wdhn.com, eeskew@alabamanews.net, mbullock@wsfa.com, murielbailey@sbgtv.com, mkroschel@waaytv.com, oschueller@waaytv.com,
Sent: Tue, Apr 18, 2023 6:38 pm
Subject: Alabama District Attorneys Association and "weaponization of justice system"
Dear Alabama District Attorneys Association President Bailey:
In March I sent you an email regarding the Alabama District Attorneys Association's public safety legislative package and my urging the Association to advocate for public officials to make a Declaration for gun violence prevention. (My email is set out at https://al6thcongdist-ihaveuntiljan13.blogspot.com/2023/03/adaa-declaration-of-public-officials.html.)
Earlier this month I sent the below email to the Alabama State Bar related to whether there is "weaponization" of the justice system, as is being loudly charged and counter charged in the national political discourse.
I think the Alabama District Attorneys Association should help the Alabama State Bar be an "institution" in Alabama to whom Alabamians can listen with respect and trust related to how Alabamians react to the "weaponization of the justice system" charges and counter charges that are buffeting the country.
I hope the Association will take me up on this.
Thank you.
Sincerely,
Rob Shattuck
[referenced "below email to the Alabama State Bar" is the email to the Alabama State Bar that is posted above]
  Email to Alabama Supreme Court
From: Rob Shattuck <rdshatt@aol.com>
To: Rob Shattuck <rdshatt@aol.com>
Cc: tim.gallagher@chlaw.com ,cpii.law@gmail.com, gbutrus@balch.com, juliana.dean@dcnr.alabama.gov, cryan@uasystem.edu, jhayes@princelaw.net, fhelmsing@mcdowellknight.com, darylbailey@mc-ala.org
Sent: Tue, May 9, 2023 5:11 pm
Subject: The Alabama Supreme Court, the rule of law, democracy, and weaponization of the justice system
[This email is for the Alabama Supreme Court. The email address used above is my email address. A printed copy of this email will be mailed to the Alabama Supreme Court via U.S. mail, addressed to: Supreme Court of Alabama, 300 Dexter Avenue, Montgomery, Alabama 36104]
To the Honorable Alabama Supreme Court:
Dear Chief Justice Parker and Associate Justices Shaw, Wise, Bryan, Sellers, .Mendheim, Jr.. Stewart, Mitchell and Cook:
I assume you have views about whether the continuance of the rule of law and democracy in the United States are seriously in question and whether "weaponization" of the justice system is happening.
Along with such views, I assume you have thoughts about institutions and leaders in the country having obligations to try to protect the rule of law and democracy and to defend the justice system against "weaponization."
This would include Alabama Supreme Court justices expressing (or not expressing) themselves publicly on these subjects to help the citizens understand what is going on.
I am an Alabama citizen (and retired lawyer) who is trying to compile a record of what institutions and leaders in Alabama are doing or not doing.
Currently, I am making a record for the Alabama State Bar, the Alabama District Attorneys Association, and "weaponization" of the justice system. This record can be found at https://al6thcongdist-ihaveuntiljan13.blogspot.com/2023/05/weaponization-of-justice-system.html. This email is copied to those at the Alabama State Bar and the Alabama District Attorneys Association to whom I previously sent emails (which emails are posted on the foregoing link).
After I send this email, I will add this email to the foregoing link.
Thank you.
Sincerely,
Robert Shattuck
3812 Spring Valley Circle
Mountain Brook, AL 35223
Another email to Alabama State Bar, Alabama District Attorneys Association, and Alabama Supreme Court Justices:
From: Rob Shattuck <rdshatt@aol.com>
To: tim.gallagher@chlaw.com <tim.gallagher@chlaw.com>; cpii.law@gmail.com <cpii.law@gmail.com>; gbutrus@balch.com <gbutrus@balch.com>; juliana.dean@dcnr.alabama.gov <juliana.dean@dcnr.alabama.gov>; cryan@uasystem.edu <cryan@uasystem.edu>; jhayes@princelaw.net <jhayes@princelaw.net>; fhelmsing@mcdowellknight.com <fhelmsing@mcdowellknight.com>; darylbailey@mc-ala.org <darylbailey@mc-ala.org>
Sent: Monday, June 26, 2023 at 06:42:37 PM CDT
Subject: John Durham testimony; Schiff censure; and AL leadership deficiency
Dear Alabama State Bar, Alabama District Attorneys Association, and Alabama Supreme Court Justices:
This email builds on previous emails I sent to you that are set out in my blog entry "Weaponization of justice system" at https://al6thcongdist-ihaveuntiljan13.blogspot.com/2023/05/weaponization-of-justice-system.html.
I think last week's Congressional testimony of John Durham concerning the FBI's Russia probe (video at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JRZbZVtdjZ0), coupled with the House censure of Adam Schiff, evidence that charges and counter-charges about "weaponization of the justice system" will be dominant in the further polarization of the U.S. during the next 15 months, and that Americans cannot look to leaders and institutions at the national level to dampen the increasing polarization leading up to the 2024 elections.
With the debilitation of leadership in America at the national level, it is second best to look for leaders and institutions in Alabama to whom Alabamians might listen with respect and trust related to how Alabamians should react to the "weaponization of the justice system" charges and counter charges that are buffeting the country and Alabama.
I have not received any response from you to my prior emails to you*, and that tends to evidence that Alabamians will not get help from Alabama leaders or institutions on this matter.
Please consider this as mainly "for the record."
Thank you.
Sincerely,
Rob Shattuck
Mountain Brook
*The Clerk of the Alabama Supreme Court returned to me by U.S. mail the May 9th email that I sent by U.S. mail to the Alabama Supreme Court, with a letter saying there was no pending case on the Court's docket with my name and the Court could not take any action on my letter. The justices make public commentary from time to time (see Will Sellers, Author at Alabama Political Reporter) and I was only seeking such comment on "weaponization of the justice system" as the justices felt comfortable in making. I will send a copy of this email by U.S. mail to the Alabama Supreme Court to give the justices another opportunity to respond. Email re weaponization of justice system; ABA Task Force for American Democracy; Georgia
From: Rob Shattuck <rdshatt@aol.com>
To: tim.gallagher@chlaw.com <tim.gallagher@chlaw.com>; cpii.law@gmail.com <cpii.law@gmail.com>; gbutrus@balch.com <gbutrus@balch.com>; juliana.dean@dcnr.alabama.gov <juliana.dean@dcnr.alabama.gov>; cryan@uasystem.edu <cryan@uasystem.edu>; jhayes@princelaw.net <jhayes@princelaw.net>; fhelmsing@mcdowellknight.com <fhelmsing@mcdowellknight.com>; darylbailey@mc-ala.org <darylbailey@mc-ala.org>
Cc: tony@dglattorneys.com <tony@dglattorneys.com>; icadle@bakerdonelson.com <icadle@bakerdonelson.com>; brittanie.browning@akerman.com <brittanie.browning@akerman.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>
Sent: Sunday, September 3, 2023 at 08:44:44 PM CDT
Subject: Weaponization of justice system; ABA Task Force for American Democracy; Georgia
I have not received any responses from you to my emails concerning the weaponization of the justice system (such emails being set out at https://al6thcongdist-ihaveuntiljan13.blogspot.com/2023/05/weaponization-of-justice-system.html).
The recently created American Bar Association Task Force for American Democracy has put forth a Mission Statement at https://www.americanbar.org/groups/leadership/office_of_the_president/american-democracy/overview/ that focuses on protecting elections in our democracy and of maximizing voter confidence and participation in our democratic process.
The Georgia situation of some Republicans wanting to discipline or remove Fulton County DA Willis in connection with her Trump indictments, and Gov. Kemp standing opposed to that (https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/gov-brian-kemp-rejects-calls-to-discipline-or-remove-fulton-county-da-fani-willis-after-trump-indictment/ar-AA1g39pu), shows how "weaponization of the justice system" is at the center of the ABA Task Force for American Democracy.
On one side, Trump has been criminally charged for conduct and actions seeking to destroy our election process in 2020 and tending to destroy generally voter confidence in our elections. On this side, the criminal prosecution of Trump is critical to protect our elections from what Trump tried to do to destroy them, to deter others from trying to do similarly in the future, and to rebuild voter confidence in our elections.
From the Trump side, Trump contends that the 2020 election and democratic process were fraudulent and corrupt; voter confidence in elections was deservedly destroyed by Trump's exposing such corruption and fraud; Trump's conduct and actions were rightful to defeat the corruption and fraud in the 2020 elections and, in defeating such corruption and fraud, rightful for restoring voter confidence in our elections generally. From this Trump side, the criminal prosecution of Trump is wrongful, the criminal prosecution impairs Trump from defeating the corruption and fraud in our election system, and the criminal prosecution contributes to the continuing destruction of voter confidence in our elections. From this Trump perspective, it is critical to stop the criminal prosecution of Trump by DA Willis and Special Counsel Jack Smith.
In short, the foregoing is the epitome of the controversy of the weaponization, or not, of the justice system.
I think it clear that the ABA Task Force for American Democracy is on the side that is against Trump.
Because of the centrality of Georgia at this time, I have written the below email to the State Bar of Georgia.
I hope the State Bar of Georgia will decide that it too is on the side that is against Trump, and I hope you will decide you also are on the side against Trump side, and you will so say publicly.
Thank you for your attention to this email.
Sincerely,
Rob Shattuck
Mountain Brook
[referenced "below email to the State Bar of Georgia" can be found at https://al6thcongdist-ihaveuntiljan13.blogspot.com/2023/08/american-bar-association-task-force-for.html]


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