Eagles Mere churches and "The Kingdom, the Power and the Glory"

Dear Eagles Mere churches:
I am a long time vacationer in Eagles Mere and a lapsed Episcopalian.
I believe religion and politics are badly infecting each other in the United States today.
I have no idea about the extent to which you agree, if at all.
Regardless, I wish to urge you to watch the below video, which  is a discussion with Tim Alberta concerning his new book The Kingdom, the Power and the Glory.
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 your church, followed by discussion.
I will understand if you think the video is inappropriate for your church's purposes.
Thank you for your consideration.
Sincerely,
Rob Shattuck

Mountain Brook, AL

Email to Bucknell chaplins' office
From: Rob Shattuck <rdshatt@aol.com>
To: kdn004@bucknell.edu <kdn004@bucknell.edu>
Sent: Wednesday, December 20, 2023 at 04:35:03 PM CST
Subject: Please pardon this Alabamian's intrusion on Bucknell's chaplains
Dear Mr. Nelson,
Long ago I spent my freshman year at Bucknell. I have several Bucknell acquaintances from Eagles Mere PA, where I have been a longtime summer vacationer.
Recently I sent/posted a letter to Eagles Mere's churches concerning Tim Alberta's new book The Kingdom, the Power and the Glory. In particular, I urged them to view the video at https://www.msnbc.com/morning-joe/watch/writer-details-how-evangelicals-confronted-him-about-trump-at-his-father-s-funeral-199309381624, and have a group discussion about the same at their church. (The letter I sent/posted to the Eagles Mere churches can be found at https://bloggingeagle1.blogspot.com/2023/12/eagles-mere-churches-and-kingdom-power.html.)
My letter has gotten no reaction, including no reaction from Bucknell acquaintances whom I informed about the letter (with one exception).
If Bucknell's chaplains think what I am doing is inappropriate, I would be interested in their telling me that.
I think what I am doing is legitimate and justified, but I want to be respectful, and sending you this email can help me in my belief that I am being respectful, including possibly causing me to doubt my belief.
Thank you for reading this email.
Sincerely,
Rob Shattuck
Mountain Brook, AL
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From: Kurt Nelson <kdn004@bucknell.edu>
To: "rdshatt@aol.com" <rdshatt@aol.com>
Sent: Wednesday, December 20, 2023 at 04:35:22 PM CST
Subject: Out of Office Re: Please pardon this Alabamian's intrusion on Bucknell's chaplains
Thank you for your message. Kurt is out of the office and Bucknell
University is closed for the Winter break until the new year. He will
return on Wednesday 1/3 and will return your message as soon as he’s
able.

Email to Dartmouth Lawyers Association

From: Rob Shattuck <rdshatt@aol.com>
To: [President and Secretary of Dartmouth Lawyers Association]
Cc: [President of Dartmouth Club of Alabama]
Sent: Tuesday, December 12, 2023 at 06:13:14 PM CST
Subject: Dartmouth Lawyers Association and the ABA Task Force for American Democracy

Dear ____ and _____,

I am a retired lawyer in Alabama and Dartmouth class of 1969.

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 https://www.americanbar.org/groups/leadership/office_of_the_president/american-democracy/overview/.

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." https://al6thcongdist-ihaveuntiljan13.blogspot.com/2023/11/presidential-debate-in-tuscaloosa-aba.html

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.

Yesterday I sent the below email to the New Hampshire Bar Association urging it 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."

I think Dartmouth should be a venue in New Hampshire for such a public conversations to take place. If the Dartmouth Lawyers Association agrees, and can give me suggestions of whom to contact at Dartmouth to try to instigate the holding of such a public conversation at Dartmouth, I would be most appreciative.

Also, to the extent the Dartmouth Lawyers Association thinks it should be suggested to members of the Association that they undertake activities in their respective states in support of the ABA Task Force's mission, it would be great to communicate that suggestion to the members.

Thank you very much for your attention to this email.

Sincerely,
Rob Shattuck
Mountain Brook, AL

From: Rob Shattuck <rdshatt@aol.com>

To: pchant@coopercargillchant.com <pchant@coopercargillchant.com>; kmahan@hinckleyallen.com <kmahan@hinckleyallen.com>

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>

Sent: Monday, December 11, 2023 at 06:44:31 PM CST

Subject: New Hampshire Bar Association and ABA Task Force for American Democracy

Dear Mr. Chant and Ms. Mahan,

I am a retired lawyer in Alabama (and a Dartmouth graduate).

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 https://www.americanbar.org/groups/leadership/office_of_the_president/american-democracy/overview/. 

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." https://al6thcongdist-ihaveuntiljan13.blogspot.com/2023/11/presidential-debate-in-tuscaloosa-aba.html

A week ago Saturday, I sent the Alabama State Bar the below email, importuning it once more prior to the Dec. 6th debate.

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.

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."

Thank you for the indulgence of the New Hampshire Bar Association in receiving this communication from a member of the Alabama State Bar.

Sincerely,

Rob Shattuck

Mountain Brook, AL

[the above referenced "below email" I sent to the Alabama State Bar can be found where the above email to the New Hampshire Bar Association is posted at https://al6thcongdist-ihaveuntiljan13.blogspot.com/2023/08/american-bar-association-task-force-for.html]

EM, Braver Angels, Bucknell, Denison and Dartmouth

For starting EM, Braver Angels and Bucknellhttps://t.co/yub5tuNyYD
"Political Columnist George F. Will Opens Bucknell Forum with Thoughts on Free Speech"https://t.co/gi3ccucfTa

— Blogging Eagle (@BloggingEagle) October 7, 2023

Email to Bucknell
From: Rob Shattuck <rdshatt@aol.com>
To: bet008@bucknell.edu <bet008@bucknell.edu>
Cc: denisonian@denison.edu <denisonian@denison.edu>
Sent: Saturday, October 7, 2023 at 06:17:08 PM CDT
Subject: Bucknell, Denison University and Braver Angels
Dear Ms. Thames,
I long ago was at Bucknell for my freshman year, and I have been a summer vacationer at Eagles Mere PA (about 50 miles northeast of Bucknell), where a number of Bucknell connected persons have houses.
I am very impressed by Bucknell University's Commitment to Free Expression and note that the 2023-24 Bucknell Forum has the theme of “Freedom of Expression.”
I am involved with the Braver Angels organization, which is dedicated "to bring[ing] conservatives and progressives together on equal terms to understand our differences, find common ground where it exists, and help the country we all love find a better way." https://braverangels.org/
One Luke Alley, whom I know from Eagles Mere and who is at Denison University, is active in College Debates and Discourse Program partners with Denison – The Denisonian, which has partnered with Braver Angels.
I have been trying to promote Braver Angels type conversations in Eagles Mere.
The purpose of this email is to bring Braver Angels to the attention of Bucknell (if Braver Angels does not already have a presence on the Bucknell campus) and to be used by me in promoting Braver Angels type conversations in Eagles Mere.
Thank you for your attention to this email.
Sincerely,
Rob Shattuck
Mountain Brook, AL

Follow up email to Brooke Thames, Senior Writer Admissions Communications, 
Digital Editor for Bucknell Magazine
From: Rob Shattuck <rdshatt@aol.com>
To: bet008@bucknell.edu <bet008@bucknell.edu>
Cc: denisonian@denison.edu <denisonian@denison.edu>
Sent: Wednesday, October 11, 2023 at 06:59:35 PM CDT
Subject: Re: Bucknell, Denison University and Braver Angels; ABA Task Force for Democracy
Dear Ms. Thames,
If I may, I would like to expand my October 7th email to you to put forth to you the American Bar Association's recently created Task Force for American Democracy and its Mission Statement that appears at https://www.americanbar.org/groups/leadership/office_of_the_president/american-democracy/overview/.
In Alabama I am urging Alabama universities to have conversational events that contribute to the objectives of the ABA Task Force Mission Statement. For information, please see https://al6thcongdist-ihaveuntiljan13.blogspot.com/2023/10/uab-critical-conversations-and-american.html.
I will press this on Bucknell connected persons who have houses in Eagles Mere PA. whom I mentioned in my August 7th email.
Thank you for your attention to this email.
Sincerely,
Rob Shattuck
Mountain Brook, AL

Dartmouth

Two discussions on the outbreak of war between Israel and Hamas were organized by The Jewish Studies and Middle Eastern Studies programs at Dartmouth and led by faculty. This recording is of the discussion that took place on Thursday, October 12, 2023 in Filene Auditorium at Dartmouth College. The event was moderated by Senior Lecturer Ezzedine Fishere, an Egyptian author and academic who has written extensively on the region, and attended by faculty from both departments including Susanne Heschel, Chair of Jewish Studies; Jonathan Smolin, a Middle Eastern Studies professor; and Visiting Professor Bernard Avishai.

 

Email to Bucknell University President John Bravman
From: Rob Shattuck <rdshatt@aol.com>
To: john.bravman@bucknell.edu <john.bravman@bucknell.edu>
Cc: bet008@bucknell.edu <bet008@bucknell.edu>
Sent: Saturday, December 30, 2023 at 09:04:18 AM CST
Subject: Be a university President who speaks supportively of the American Bar Association Task Force for American Democracy
Dear President Bravman,
I long ago was at Bucknell for my freshman year, and I have been a summer vacationer at Eagles Mere PA (about 50 miles northeast of Bucknell), where a number of Bucknell connected persons have houses.
I emailed Brooke Thames in October about the American Bar Association Task Force for American Democracy, and I am following up by emailing directly to you.
In connection with the 2024 election, 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 up in support of the year long mission of the American Bar Association Task Force for American Democracy that is set out at https://www.americanbar.org/groups/leadership/office_of_the_president/american-democracy/overview/ For information on this, please read https://al6thcongdist-ihaveuntiljan13.blogspot.com/2023/12/iowa-caucuses-new-hampshire-primary.html.
I hope you will find something here to say to the Bucknell University community in the New Year.
Thank you for your attention to this email.
Sincerely,
Rob Shattuck
Mountain Brook, AL

Email to Denison University President Adam Weinberg
From: Rob Shattuck <rdshatt@aol.com>
To: president@denison.edu <president@denison.edu>
Sent: Saturday, December 30, 2023 at 05:09:13 PM CST
Subject: Be a university President who speaks supportively of the American Bar Association Task Force for American Democracy
Dear President Weinberg:
I read your November 13th and October 11th letters to the Denison University community that seek to grapple with the extreme problems that have arisen on college campuses in connection with the war between Israel and Hamas.
As bad as that is, there is also a building threat of violence in the United States over Donald Trump, and this is likely to be in increased need of grappling with on college campuses, as well as in the country at large, in 2024.
In the foregoing regard, I borrow and modify a sentence from your November 13th letter in the following way:
"As we each try to understand the [debilitating partisan divide in the United States that is threatening violence in 2024], I would encourage us to work together to lean into our liberal arts roots in at least five ways."
In that vein in connection with the 2024 election, 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 up in support of the year long mission of the American Bar Association Task Force for American Democracy that is set out at https://www.americanbar.org/groups/leadership/office_of_the_president/american-democracy/overview/ For information on this, please read https://al6thcongdist-ihaveuntiljan13.blogspot.com/2023/12/iowa-caucuses-new-hampshire-primary.html.
I think the mission of the American Bar Association Task Force for American Democracy is worthy of being the basis of a letter from you to the Denison community in the New Year. I hope you agree.
Lest you wonder how this Alabamian wound up emailing Denison University at this juncture, I refer you to https://bloggingeagle1.blogspot.com/2023/10/em-braver-angels-and-bucknell.html.
Thank you for your attention to this email.
Sincerely,
Rob Shattuck
Mountain Brook, AL

Email to Bucknell President Bravman re "Dartmouth Dialogues"
From: Rob Shattuck <rdshatt@aol.com>
To: john.bravman@bucknell.edu <john.bravman@bucknell.edu>
Cc: bet008@bucknell.edu <bet008@bucknell.edu>; theforum@bucknell.edu <theforum@bucknell.edu>
Sent: Friday, January 19, 2024 at 07:13:10 PM CST
Subject: Follow up to Dec. 30 email to you; "Dartmouth Dialogues"
Dear President Bravman,
This email is in follow up to my December 30 email to you re "Be a university President who speaks supportively of the American Bar Association Task Force for American Democracy."
I am sure much desirable Bucknell campus conversation is ensuing from the 2023-24 Bucknell Forum and its “Freedom of Expression” theme.
This email is to provide additional inspiration from Dartmouth's "Dartmouth Dialogues" initiative that was just commenced, as indicated in the below email.
Please keep going, Bucknell.
Sincerely,
Rob Shattuck
Bucknell student 1965-66.
----- Forwarded Message -----
From: Rob Shattuck <rdshatt@aol.com>
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>
Cc: Robert B. Coates <robert.b.coates@dartmouth.edu>; Linda L. Fowler <linda.l.fowler@dartmouth.edu>
Sent: Tuesday, January 16, 2024 at 07:07:00 AM CST
Subject: Rep. Jamie Raskin's "Democracy vs. Autocracy in 2024"; Dartmouth Dialogues
Dear Professor Nachlis, Dean Smith, and Ms. Clemens:
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.
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 Be An Alabama Rootstriker* with Rob Shattuck: Iowa caucuses; NH and SC primaries (al6thcongdist-ihaveuntiljan13.blogspot.com).
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."
In Alabama, I am making a simple plea of "Come ye Trumpers and anti-Trumpers, let us gather together and talk to one another." Be An Alabama Rootstriker* with Rob Shattuck: Come ye Trumpers and anti-Trumpers (al6thcongdist-ihaveuntiljan13.blogspot.com)
I suggest that the foregoing simple plea could be made a component in the Dialogues Project.
Thank you for reading this email and considering making the foregoing simple plea a component in the Dialogues Project.
Sincerely,
Rob Shattuck
Class of 1969

Dear Richard Johnson

Dear Richard,

In your September 29th Facebook post, you say, "We have to bring the people in the middle together to stop this madness or the extremes will tear it [our country] apart."

Your Facebook post shows 66 likes and 26 comments.

My recent (and earlier) Blogging Eagle Facebook posts evidence that I deeply share your sentiment that "We have to bring the people in the middle together to stop this madness or the extremes will tear it [our country] apart." 

My Blogging Eagle Facebook posts have tried to indicate to those in Eagles Mere things I am trying to do "to bring the people in the middle together to stop this madness" My posts get about zero likes and comments.

I throw myself on your graces to consider the things I am trying to do and decide whether they are worthy of your support and whether  to urge those in Eagles Mere to think about things they can do "to bring the people in the middle together to stop this madness".

Here are things I've been doing:

In 2022, I made an appeal for there to be house meetups in Eagles Mere. See https://bloggingeagle1.blogspot.com/2022/07/appeal-for-house-meetups.html.

In this appeal I said,

My diagnosis is that the extremes on the two political sides are in control of United States politics and political discourse, and they basically will not agree on anything.

This results in a substantial majority in the middle, who would be amenable to many compromises and agreements that the extremes will not countenance and about which they will not even talk to each other, being disregarded by Congress.

In an August 14th Blogging Eagle Facebook post, I posted the American Bar Association's recently created "Task Force for American Democracy" and its Mission Statement that appears at https://www.americanbar.org/groups/leadership/office_of_the_president/american-democracy/overview/. My post gave a link to https://bloggingeagle1.blogspot.com/2023/08/american-bar-association-task-force-for.html, which indicates what I am doing to do in Alabama to defend democracy.

I learned from Jean Alley's Facebook of the article College Debates and Discourse Program partners with Denison – The Denisonian that quoted her son Luke (who is at Denison), saying

"The program works towards its goal of depolarization through deliberately proposing divisive topics for their debates, student fellow Luke Romeo Alley explained. With its concern for complex issues, the organization seeks to bring students together through constructive dialogue."

I posted The Denisonian article on my Blogging Eagle Facebook on September24th.

On February 21st I started posting about Braver Angels as a "national movement to bridge the partisan divide." Per the email set out at https://al6thcongdist-ihaveuntiljan13.blogspot.com/...posting about In Alabama, I am striving to engender depolarizing conversation via the Braver Angels organization (and by other means). See

https://al6thcongdist-ihaveuntiljan13.blogspot.com/2023/02/braver-angels-birmingham-alliance.html

I hope you consider what I am doing to try "to bring the people in the middle together to stop this madness" worthy of your support and worthy of being considered by others in Eagles Mere for what they can do.

Thank you very much, Richard.

Sincerely,
Rob Shattuck

Reminiscences by Deb Kelly

Labor Day weekend adventures in Alabama

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

Sweet Home Alabama

Online letter to The Honorable Kay Ivey, Will Ainsworth, Greg Reed, Anthony Daniels, Gary Palmer, Mike Rogers and Dale Strong
August 22, 2023
Re: Special Capitol Journal from Point Clear this past Friday
Dear Gov. Ivey, Lt. Gov. Ainsworth, Senate President Pro Tem Greg Reed, House Minority Leader Daniels, and Representatives Palmer, Rogers and Strong:
This letter relates to last week's Business Council of Alabama’s Government Affairs Conference, which was covered by the special edition of Capitol Journal at https://twitter.com/ALDailyNews/status/1693669378812686573.
This email follows up on the email I sent to BCA CEO Helena Duncan, also related to the BCA conferenc, that appears immediately above this online letter.
The emphasis of the BCA's Government Affairs Conference on Alabama's economic development is understandable.
My email to Ms. Duncan quotes Mr. Jimmy Rane as saying, “If the citizens of a state, or a city or a county or a country are not concerned enough about their government, and the laws that their government are going to enact, to get involved and ensure that they are sending qualified, competent, honest, serious people to do the government’s work, then they deserve what they get.”
My email to Ms. Duncan then said that "[i]t seems that, for the next 15 months, politics and acts of governance in the United States will be subordinated to resolving the Donald Trump situation."
Do you agree that for the next 15 months, politics and acts of governance in the United States will be subordinated to resolving the Donald Trump situation?
In my lowly citizen capacity, I am working on trying to resolve the Donald Trump situation. Particularly, I am focused on the recently announced American Bar Association "Task Force for American Democracy," such efforts being indicated at https://al6thcongdist-ihaveuntiljan13.blogspot.com/2023/08/american-bar-association-task-force-for.html.
Acting on a belief that "[o]ur American democracy is under threat", the American Bar Association published a Task Force Mission Statement that appears at https://www.americanbar.org/groups/leadership/office_of_the_president/american-democracy/overview/.
The Mission Statement particularly cites sobering facts that:

1. In a recent Pew study, 51% of Americans said they are dissatisfied with how democracy is working and 46% said they are open to other forms of government, including rule by a strong leader.
2. Less than one third of Millennials consider it essential to live in a democracy.
3. According to a 2022 Annenberg Constitution Day Civics Survey, 25% of US adults can name only 1 of the 3 branches of government and more than 20% can't name any branch of government.
4. Against all available evidence, many Americans believe the 2020 election was stolen and question the integrity of our election system. Some even say they are prepared to resort to violence if their desired candidate does not win the next election.

The Mission Statement further says:

"The strains on our democracy culminated on January 6, 2021, when an insurrectionist mob stormed the U.S. Capitol in a violent attempt to stop the constitutionally prescribed process for the election of the next President. There is also evidence of related plots to subvert the 2020 presidential election results at the state level. State election officials and workers have faced scorn and physical threats simply for doing their jobs and refusing to bend to political pressure to do otherwise."

Saying that "[c]learly, 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 [and] [t]he time for answers and action is now," the Mission Statement lists nine things the Task Force will consider and address, related to protecting our democracy and elections.
The Mission Statement says the Task Force will 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.
You are elected officials in Alabama. Possibly the ABA Task Force will solicit your views. Whether or not it does, I, as an Alabama citizen, urge you to formulate your views related to what the Task Force is doing and submit the same to the Task Force.
Thank you.
Sincerely,
Rob Shattuck

Mountain Brook 

Email to The Honorable R. William Ide III, Vice Chair, American Bar Association Task Force for American Democracy

From: Rob Shattuck <rdshatt@aol.com>
To: bill.ide@akerman.com <bill.ide@akerman.com>
Cc: terri.lovell@alabar.org <terri.lovell@alabar.org>; wbrewbak@law.ua.edu <wbrewbak@law.ua.edu>; dburch1@samford.edu <dburch1@samford.edu>; bryant.welbourne@ua.edu <bryant.welbourne@ua.edu>; dcole@bcatoday.org <dcole@bcatoday.org>; cfranklin@bcatoday.org <cfranklin@bcatoday.org>; wnewman@bcatoday.org <wnewman@bcatoday.org>; Wes.Allen@sos.alabama.gov <wes.allen@sos.alabama.gov>; ed@edpackard.com <ed@edpackard.com>; Robert Garris <rgarris@leeco.us>; john@johnhmerrill.com <john@johnhmerrill.com>; dianeken333@yahoo.com <dianeken333@yahoo.com>; michelle.thomason@bellsouth.net <michelle.thomason@bellsouth.net>; britneymgarner@gmail.com <britneymgarner@gmail.com>; snewmanhsv@gmail.com <snewmanhsv@gmail.com>; bchoat@trussville.org <bchoat@trussville.org>; pcook@trussville.org <pcook@trussville.org>; janderson@trussville.org <janderson@trussville.org>; lbright@trussville.org <lbright@trussville.org>; bshort@trussville.org <bshort@trussville.org>; ataylor@trussville.org <ataylor@trussville.org>; hduncan@bcatoday.org <hduncan@bcatoday.org>; todd@aldailynews.com <todd@aldailynews.com>; News@TrussvilleTribune.com <news@trussvilletribune.com>; tim.gallagher@chlaw.com <news@trussvilletribune.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: Friday, August 25, 2023 at 03:23:27 PM CDT
Subject: In Alabama, I'm very serious about ABA Task Force for American Democracy
The Honorable R. William Ide III
Vice Chair
American Bar Association Task Force for American Democracy
Dear Mr. Ide:
In Alabama, I am very serious about the mission of the American Bar Association Task Force for American Democracy.
Please read what I have done thus far at https://al6thcongdist-ihaveuntiljan13.blogspot.com/2023/08/american-bar-association-task-force-for.html.
If there is a contact at the ABA Task Force to whom I can send future communications, that would be much appreciated.
Thank you very much for your attention to this email.
Sincerely
Rob Shattuck
Mountain Brook, AL

American Bar Association Task Force for American Democracy

Email to Alabama State Bar re ABA Task Force for American Democracy

To: terri.lovell@alabar.org <terri.lovell@alabar.org>S

ent: 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

Email to University of Alabama and Cumberland law school deans re ABA Task Force
From: Rob Shattuck <rdshatt@aol.com>
To: wbrewbak@law.ua.edu <wbrewbak@law.ua.edu>; dburch1@samford.edu <dburch1@samford.edu>
Cc: terri.lovell@alabar.org <terri.lovell@alabar.org>
Sent: Saturday, August 12, 2023 at 04:11:07 PM CDT
Subject: American Bar Association's Task Force for American Democracy - supportive activities of Alabama law schools
Dear Dean Brewbaker and Dean Hudson (c/o Deborah Clayton):
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/.
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 Mission Statement, appropriately limited to and tailored for Alabama. I sent the Alabama State Bar the below email urging same.
I think the University of Alabama law school and the Cumberland law school also should undertake supportive activities, which I urge on you as well.
If your law schools decide to undertake such supportive activities, and if there is anything I can do to help out regarding the same, please let me know.
Thank you very much.
Sincerely,
Rob Shattuck
Mountain Brook

Email to Alabama Broadcasters Association re ABA Task Force
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

Email to Business Council of Alabama re ABA Task Force
From: Rob Shattuck <rdshatt@aol.com>
To: dcole@bcatoday.org <dcole@bcatoday.org>; cfranklin@bcatoday.org <cfranklin@bcatoday.org>; wnewman@bcatoday.org <wnewman@bcatoday.org>
Sent: Sunday, August 13, 2023 at 06:01:04 PM CDT
Subject: Business Council of Alabama and American Bar Association Task Force for American Democracy
Dear David, Caroline and William:
You and the BCA have received many emails from me, and I hope this one provides more of a response.
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 Business Council of Alabama can help in Alabama regarding what the American Bar Association Task Force is trying to accomplish.
I hope you agree and you will press for the BCA to respond to the threat to our democracy, as to which: "The time for answers and action is now."
Thank you very much for your attention to this email.
Sincerely,
Rob Shattuck
Mountain Brook

Email to Samford University
From: Rob Shattuck <rdshatt@aol.com>
To: Amcewan@samford.edu <amcewan@samford.edu>; mwithers@samford.edu <mwithers@samford.edu>; jcobia@samford.edu <jcobia@samford.edu>
Cc: dburch1@samford.edu <dburch1@samford.edu>; denisonian@denison.edu <denisonian@denison.edu>
Sent: Monday, October 2, 2023 at 09:23:50 AM CDT
Subject: "Listening, Speaking and Teaching" at Samford; American Bar Association Task Force for American Democracy
Dear Dr. Ewan, Dr. Witherspoon, and Dr. Cobia:
I am sending you this email in follow up to the below August 12th email I sent to Cumberland Law School Dean Hudson (c/o Deborah Clayton) relative to the American Bar Association's recently created "Task Force for American Democracy" and its Mission Statement that appears at https://www.americanbar.org/groups/leadership/office_of_the_president/american-democracy/overview/.
I have not heard from Dean Hudson and do not know what his thinking is about what I have suggested.
The ABA Task Force says, during the coming year, it will reach out beyond lawyers, as it needs do given its mission, and I am doing that in Alabama, including to the business community, the university academic community and the news broadcasting community.
My efforts are indicated at https://al6thcongdist-ihaveuntiljan13.blogspot.com/2023/08/american-bar-association-task-force-for.html.
I am sending you this follow up email because of your involvement in the "Listening, Speaking and Teaching" event at Samford earlier this year, reported at https://www.samford.edu/education/news/2023/Listening-Speaking-and-Teaching-the-Subject-of-2023-Diversity-Forum?image
Do you think a " "Listening, Speaking and Teaching" event relative to
the American Bar Association Task Force for American Democracy and its Mission Statement can be organized at Samford?
As encouragement regarding the scope and mode of such a "Listening, Speaking and Teaching" event, I cite you Denison University's Debates and Discourse Program reported at https://denisonian.com/2023/09/news/college-debates-and-discourse-program-partners-with-denison/
If there is anyone else at Samford to whom this email would be better directed, please tell me.
Thank you very much for your attention to this email.
Sincerely,
Rob Shattuck
Mountain Brook

Did Trump know he lost the 2020 election?

Trump lost the 2020 election and tried (probably criminally) to obstruct the peaceful transfer of power. In below video, compare Trump to Hillary Clinton, Al Gore, Nixon, and other Presidential candidates who lost their elections.https://t.co/zyRcnB6txP via @msnbc

— Blogging Eagle (@BloggingEagle) August 4, 2023

It should be emphasized that Trump is being criminally prosecuted for exercising his free speech rights to tell lies as part of a conspiracy to obstruct the transfer of power to Biden.https://t.co/e2BSSM2odl@toddcstacy @CapitolJournal #alpolitics https://t.co/ranyGjw5St

— Rob Shattuck (@RobShattuckAL06) August 7, 2023

A burden has been lifted from me

My work re Maryland gun violence; Maine mass shootings

January 29th mass shooting in Baltimore of 4 people including 2 year old

From: Rob Shattuck <rdshatt@aol.com>
To: CouncilPresident@baltimorecity.gov, Zeke.Cohen@baltimorecity.gov, Danielle.McCray@baltimorecity.gov, Ryan.Dorsey@baltimorecity.gov, Mark.Conway@baltimorecity.gov, Isaac.Schleifer@baltimorecity.gov, Sharon.Middleton@baltimorecity.gov, James.Torrence@baltimorecity.gov, Kristerfer.Burnett@baltimorecity.gov, John.Bullock@baltimorecity.gov, Phylicia.Porter@baltimorecity.gov, Eric.Costello@baltimorecity.gov, Robert.Stokes@baltimorecity.gov, Antonio.Glover@baltimorecity.gov, Odette.Ramos@baltimorecity.gov,
Cc: clinton.woods@birminghamal.gov, hunter.williams@birminghamal.gov, valerie.abbott@birminghamal.gov, jonathan.moore2@birminghamal.gov, Darrell.OQuinn@birminghamal.gov, crystal.smitherman@birminghamal.gov, wardine.alexander@birminghamal.gov, carol.clarke@birminghamal.gov, latonya.tate@birminghamal.gov, tysons@jccal.org, stephensj@jccal.org, KnightJoe@jccal.org, ammonss@jccal.org, scalesl@jccal.org,
Sent: Fri, Feb 3, 2023 7:02 pm
Subject: #GunsForSelfDefenseOnly in Alabama
Dear Baltimore City Council Members:
In Alabama I am pushing the mantra #GunsForSelfDefenseOnly for use in shaping, advocating for, and defending in the courts, common sense solutions for reducing gun violence. This has included emailing numerous Alabama city councilors and county commissioners. See https://al6thcongdist-ihaveuntiljan13.blogspot.com/2022/12/mayors-letter-to-schumer-mcconnell-re.html.
In Alabama, the GOP controlled state legislature has statewide control over gun laws and gun regulation and it is opposed to common sense solutions for reducing gun violence. Alabama local governments are powerless as to guns in the face of the GOP state legislature control.
Maryland is auspicious for the mantra #GunsForSelfDefenseOnly getting used in shaping, advocating for, and defending in the courts, common sense solutions for reducing gun violence in Maryland.
I hope you will consider the same.
For what it is worth, I am copying my Birmingham City Councilors and Jefferson County (AL) county commissioners on this email.
Thank you.
Sincerely,
Rob Shattuck
Mountain Brook, AL

Email to Maryland constitutional law professors
From: Rob Shattuck <rdshatt@aol.com>
To: rboldt@law.umaryland.edu <rboldt@law.umaryland.edu>; mmeyerson@ubalt.edu <mmeyerson@ubalt.edu>; higginbotham@ubalt.edu <higginbotham@ubalt.edu>; mstearns@law.umaryland.edu <mstearns@law.umaryland.edu>
Cc: 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>
Sent: Tue, Feb 14, 2023 10:25 am
Subject: #GunsForSelfDefenseOnly in Alabama
Dear Professors Boldt, Meyerson, Higginbotham and Stearns:
I sent the below email to the Baltimore City Council members in connection with the January 29th mass shooting in Baltimore that is reported at 2-year-old among 4 people shot in Baltimore - ABC7 New York (abc7ny.com).
My email urged the use of the mantra #GunsForSelfDefenseOnly for shaping, advocating for, and defending in the courts, common sense solutions for reducing gun violence.
Such mantra needs supporting opinion about what the Second Amendment protects and does not protect.
In Alabama, I have solicited such opinion from Alabama constitutional law professors (whom I have copied on this email).
I am sending this email to you as Maryland constitutional law professors for whatever assistance you may be moved to provide, relative to my urging the Baltimore City Council to take up the mantra #GunsForSelfDefenseOnly for reducing gun violence in Maryland.
Thank you for your attention to this email.
Sincerely,
Rob Shattuck
Mountain Brook, AL

July 4th weekend mass shooting in Baltimore
From: Rob Shattuck <rdshatt@aol.com>
To: CouncilPresident@baltimorecity.gov <councilpresident@baltimorecity.gov>; Zeke.Cohen@baltimorecity.gov <zeke.cohen@baltimorecity.gov>; Danielle.McCray@baltimorecity.gov <danielle.mccray@baltimorecity.gov>; Ryan.Dorsey@baltimorecity.gov <ryan.dorsey@baltimorecity.gov>; Mark.Conway@baltimorecity.gov <mark.conway@baltimorecity.gov>; Isaac.Schleifer@baltimorecity.gov <isaac.schleifer@baltimorecity.gov>; Sharon.Middleton@baltimorecity.gov <sharon.middleton@baltimorecity.gov>; James.Torrence@baltimorecity.gov <james.torrence@baltimorecity.gov>; Kristerfer.Burnett@baltimorecity.gov <kristerfer.burnett@baltimorecity.gov>; John.Bullock@baltimorecity.gov <john.bullock@baltimorecity.gov>; Phylicia.Porter@baltimorecity.gov <phylicia.porter@baltimorecity.gov>; Eric.Costello@baltimorecity.gov <eric.costello@baltimorecity.gov>; Robert.Stokes@baltimorecity.gov <robert.stokes@baltimorecity.gov>; Antonio.Glover@baltimorecity.gov <antonio.glover@baltimorecity.gov>; Odette.Ramos@baltimorecity.gov <odette.ramos@baltimorecity.gov>
Cc: clinton.woods@birminghamal.gov <clinton.woods@birminghamal.gov>; hunter.williams@birminghamal.gov <hunter.williams@birminghamal.gov>; valerie.abbott@birminghamal.gov <valerie.abbott@birminghamal.gov>; jonathan.moore2@birminghamal.gov <jonathan.moore2@birminghamal.gov>; Darrell.OQuinn@birminghamal.gov <darrell.oquinn@birminghamal.gov>; crystal.smitherman@birminghamal.gov <crystal.smitherman@birminghamal.gov>; wardine.alexander@birminghamal.gov <wardine.alexander@birminghamal.gov>; carol.clarke@birminghamal.gov <carol.clarke@birminghamal.gov>; latonya.tate@birminghamal.gov <latonya.tate@birminghamal.gov>; tysons@jccal.org <tysons@jccal.org>; stephensj@jccal.org <stephensj@jccal.org>; KnightJoe@jccal.org <knightjoe@jccal.org>; ammonss@jccal.org <ammonss@jccal.org>; scalesl@jccal.org <scalesl@jccal.org>; Moms Demand Action Alabama <alabama@momschapterleaders.org>
Sent: Tuesday, July 4, 2023 at 08:11:18 AM CDT
Subject: Baltimore Mayor Scott: "We need all of Congress to get on board and enact real gun law changes."
Dear Baltimore City Council members:
What is ever going to get Congress "to get on board and enact real gun law changes," as Mayor Scott has cried for after this weekend's mass shooting in Baltimore (https://news.yahoo.com/baltimore-mayor-calls-real-gun-125850226.html)?
I believe building as much as possible public opinion for real gun law changes is critical.
In Alabama I am working at the city council level to get city councils to lead against the gun violence culture in Alabama by passing a declaratory resolution along the lines of the "Declaration of public officials for gun violence prevention" set out https://al6thcongdist-ihaveuntiljan13.blogspot.com/2022/09/declaration-of-public-officials-for-gun.html.
For more information about this, please read https://al6thcongdist-ihaveuntiljan13.blogspot.com/2023/05/working-to-grow-alabama-public-opinion.html.
Please consider whether it would be helpful for the Baltimore city council to pass such as a resolution.
Thank you.
Rob Shattuck
Mountain Brook, AL
P.S. FYI, I previously wrote the below email to you in connection with the mass shooting in Baltimore at the end of January.

Reply from Baltimore City Councilwoman Odette Ramos
From: Ramos, Odette (City Council) <odette.ramos@baltimorecity.gov>
To: 'Rob Shattuck' <rdshatt@aol.com>
Sent: Saturday, July 8, 2023 at 01:24:59 PM CDT
Subject: RE: Baltimore Mayor Scott: "We need all of Congress to get on board and enact real gun law changes."
Hi Rob
Did anyone answer you?
What is in the City Council’s power is a non-binding resolution urging congress to act. Although I have to say, it is more than just Congress here. While our state has the toughest gun laws in the country, we need help from other states to get on board as well, since Congress is at a deadlock and won’t even act when children are getting killed.
I’ll be happy to discuss further.
Odette
Odette Ramos
Baltimore City Councilwoman
District 14
Office: 410-396-4814
Mobile: 443-801-8137
Odette.ramos@baltimorecity.gov
www.odetteramos.com

Email to Councilwoman Ramos
From: Rob Shattuck <rdshatt@aol.com>
To: Ramos, Odette (City Council) <odette.ramos@baltimorecity.gov>
Cc: Moms Demand Action Alabama <alabama@momschapterleaders.org>
Sent: Monday, July 10, 2023 at 06:15:42 PM CDT
Subject: Re: Baltimore Mayor Scott: "We need all of Congress to get on board and enact real gun law changes."
Dear Councilwoman Ramos,
Thank you very much for replying to me.
Of all the city councilpersons who are shown on my emails that are posted at https://al6thcongdist-ihaveuntiljan13.blogspot.com/2023/05/working-to-grow-alabama-public-opinion.html, you are the only councilperson who has answered me.
A non-binding city council resolution urging Congress to act would be fine form.
In contrast to Maryland, my state Alabama has weak gun laws and it may be impossible to get Alabama "on board." I am nonetheless trying hard.
Getting city councils and county commissions around the country to pass resolutions as suggested will, I think, help build the public opinion for gun law changes that is needed to break the Congressional deadlock and get the changes.
If you can get other Baltimore city councilpersons and others in Maryland working on behalf of this, that would be great.
I will keep you informed of any progress I make in Alabama (or elsewhere).
Sincerely,
Rob Shattuck

Morgan State University and Tuskegee University
From: Rob Shattuck <rdshatt@aol.com>
To: barbara.burnett@morgan.edu <barbara.burnett@morgan.edu>; cjames@tuskegee.edu <cjames@tuskegee.edu>
Cc: ewhopebirmingham@gmail.com <ewhopebirmingham@gmail.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>; Dana Ellis <danaellis865@gmail.com>; 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>; Keaira G. Turner <keaira.turner@birminghamal.gov>; moneyj@jccal.org <moneyj@jccal.org>
Sent: Friday, October 6, 2023 at 07:19:19 AM CDT
Subject: Morgan State University gun violence; Tuskegee University gun violence
Dear Morgan State President Wilson (c/o barbara.burnett@morgan.edu) and Tuskegee President Morris (c/o cjames@tuskegee.edu):
I live in Birmingham.
Maryland has stricter gun laws than Alabama's gun laws.
Without Congress passing stricter national gun laws, Maryland's gun laws are inadequate for protecting Maryland residents from gun violence.
American public opinion is in favor of stricter gun laws, but Congress currently will not pass stricter gun laws. To get Congress to pass stricter national gun laws, the public opinion in favor of stricter gun laws needs to grow more.
In Alabama, I am trying to grow Alabama public opinion in favor of stricter gun laws by means of getting mayors, city councils, county commissions, police departments and county sheriff's offices to make declarations and pass resolutions along the lines of the "Declaration of public officials for gun violence prevention" set out at https://al6thcongdist-ihaveuntiljan13.blogspot.com/2022/09/declaration-of-public-officials-for-gun.html
Currently I am focusing my efforts on the Birmingham City Council, the Jefferson County Commission, the Birmingham Police Department and the Jefferson County Sheriff's office as indicated at https://al6thcongdist-ihaveuntiljan13.blogspot.com/2023/09/draft-statement-to-birmingham-city.html.
I previously sent President Morris the below email.
I am sending this email as part of trying to create connections between Maryland and Alabama on behalf of their shared objectives of getting stricter gun laws nationally and getting stricter gun laws in Alabama.
Thank you for your attention to this email.
Sincerely,
Rob Shattuck
Mountain Brook, AL

MAINE MASS SHOOTINGS

Email to University of Maine Law President and Dean Saufley

From: Rob Shattuck <rdshatt@aol.com>
To: leigh.saufley@maine.edu <leigh.saufley@maine.edu>
Cc: 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>
Sent: Friday, October 27, 2023 at 09:55:19 AM CDT
Subject: Does Second Amendment prohibit assault weapons bans?
Dear Maine Law President and Dean Saufley,
I am a retired lawyer in Alabama.
For some time I have been trying to purvey the mantra "guns for self-defense only." See https://al6thcongdist-ihaveuntiljan13.blogspot.com/2022/12/gunsforselfdefenseonly-contd.html and https://al6thcongdist-ihaveuntiljan13.blogspot.com/2022/11/gunsforselfdefenseonly.html
Right now in Alabama, I am proceeding as indicated at https://al6thcongdist-ihaveuntiljan13.blogspot.com/2023/09/draft-statement-to-birmingham-city.html.
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.
Does what I am doing appeal to you and other Maine Law professors for doing in Maine?
If it does appeal to you, please let me know.
Thank you very much.
Sincerely,
Rob Shattuck
Mountain Brook AL
205-967-5586