The World At Large Has Eyes

Source: David Friedman’s Substack
by David Friedman

“Current communication technology is often immediately public, as in that example. An email message is private when it is sent but copies remain in the possession of sender, receiver, and possibly others, who may be compelled to release them if sender, receiver, or the employer of either becomes involved in a law suit or criminal prosecution. What are the consequences? One is to make communication more difficult; if you are corresponding via a public medium, arguing with someone on Facebook, it is prudent to avoid making any argument that could be quoted out of context to make you look bad. If you don’t you are likely to regret it. You may even find it prudent to avoid arguing for unpopular positions that you believe in …. Another effect is to make company executives more guarded in internal correspondence.” (03/20/26)

https://daviddfriedman.substack.com/p/the-world-at-large-has-eyes

Thomas L. Knapp

TN: State Election Bill Could Change Everything

Source: The Pamphleteer
by Davis Hunt

“Much hay has been made of voting laws in Tennessee and across the country lately. You’ve probably heard about the SAVE Act at the federal level, and maybe some proposed laws at the state level too. The Banner wrote about some of the proposals at the state-level yesterday, but focusing so narrowly on ‘disparate impact’ type bills, they missed the Big Kahuna. There’s a proposal moving through the General Assembly right now that could change how local elections work in Nashville. The bill, sponsored by Scott Cepicky in the House and Joey Hensley in the Senate, would move the date of city elections to line up with the August primary or November general election. In other words, the off-cycle August 2027 Metro elections would get pushed to November 2028, landing on the same ballot as the presidential race every four years.” (03/20/26)

https://pamphleteer.co/newsletter/state-election-bill-could-change-everything/

Steve Trinward

CA: Massive animal rescue operation seizes over 300 dogs and cats

Source: SFGate

“A large-scale animal rescue operation for hundreds of dogs and cats took place on Friday in Lake Hughes, roughly 60 miles north of Los Angeles. The Los Angeles County Department of Animal Care and Control served a search warrant at a property on 266th Street West in Lake Hughes, following reports of a violation of animal welfare laws. The operation involved over 70 people, and officials initially estimated that over 700 animals were located on the property in need of rescue, according to an Instagram post by DACC Friday. The post said the operation could be the largest of its kind to have taken place in the U.S., but in an update, that number was revised down to about 250 dogs and 66 cats.\” (03/21/26)

https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/california-animal-rescue-operation-22089455.php

Steve Trinward

A Meeting of Minds

Source: Law & Liberty
by Henry T Edmonson III

“It is a great tribute to the profundity of Flannery O’Connor’s work that it continues to generate quality secondary literature many years after her death. Lately the conversation has taken a philosophical turn, exploring O’Connor’s relevance to some of the defining debates within modern philosophy. An excellent example of this kind of work is Ann Hartle’s Flannery O’Connor and Blaise Pascal: Recovering the Incarnation for the Modern Mind.” (03/20/26)

https://lawliberty.org/book-review/a-meeting-of-minds/

Thomas L. Knapp

SCOTUS Revives Suit From Evangelical Christian Challenging Restrictions on Demonstrations

Source: US News & World Report

“The Supreme Court on Friday revived a lawsuit from an evangelical Christian barred from demonstrating in Mississippi after authorities say he shouted insults at people over a loudspeaker. The high court unanimously ruled in the case of Gabriel Olivier, who says his religious and free speech rights were violated when he was arrested for refusing to move his preaching away from a suburban amphitheater. The city said he had shouted insults like ‘whores,’ ‘Jezebel’ and ‘nasty’ at people, sometimes holding signs showing aborted fetuses. Olivier wanted to challenge the law as an unconstitutional restriction on free speech, but lower courts stopped him from suing because he’d been convicted of breaking it. A Supreme Court case from the 1990s found people can’t use civil lawsuits to undermine criminal convictions. But the justices found that doesn’t stop Olivier from suing because he only wants to block future enforcement.” (03/20/26)

https://www.usnews.com/news/us/articles/2026-03-20/supreme-court-revives-suit-from-evangelical-christian-challenging-restrictions-on-demonstrations

Thomas L. Knapp