26 July, LV A.S.

9sense Episode List, Year LV A.S. Episode List / / 9sense, Armed Protesters, Creature Feature, Infernal Informant, Letters From The Devil, Love on the Spectrum, Reverend Campbell, The Devil's Advocate, Voter Suppression

1. The Devil’s Advocate

Time Stamp: 4:58

Letters from the Devil Cover
Letters from the Devil Cover
  • Letters From the Devil, August 8, 1971
    https://underworldamusements.com/products/letters-from-the-devil
    • Jim writes after having discussed Satanism with another Jim, then had a series of dreams and feared he lost his soul to Satan.
    • After reflecting on the dreams and consulting Jim and a Catholic priest he had another dream from Satan telling him the time to fear is over and to behold the beautiful world.
    • He asks to study with Anton LaVey or to start his own church in Cincinnati after his friend Jim was run out of town.
    • The Doktor notes that Jim Guthery wa a pseudo satanist who sacrificed animals as the priest of satan
    • Reverend Lawrence Green submitted a rebuttal to the group
    • He reiterates that the CoS has taken time and care to create its reputation and liars like Mr. Guthery are riding coattails while misrepresenting what Satanism and the Church of Satan are.
    • Furthermore the Doktor teaches on his choosing, not on requests from potential students, so he should join the CoS to be monitored
    • It reiterates, simply because you misunderstand Satanism, it does not mean you are not a Satanist or cannot be a productive member.

2. Infernal Informant

Time Stamp: 16:18

  • 3 wounded after weapon fired while NFAC demonstrators gathered in Baxter Park
    https://www.wlky.com/article/3-wounded-after-weapon-fired-while-demonstrators-gathered-in-baxter-park-ahead-of-march/33422718
    https://www.wlky.com/article/big-protests-expected-downtown-saturday-heres-everything-we-know/33419557
    • While protests have been happening daily in Louisville since the end of May, city officials made extra preparations for a big influx of demonstrators this weekend.
    • The Black armed militia is more formally called “No F***ing Around Coalition,” or NFAC. The group carries large rifles, wearing all black. The group of 100 or more was last seen marching in Georgia on July 4, calling on the removal of a Confederate carving. Officials said that rally was peaceful.
    • LMPD said it made contact with this group ahead of Saturday’s march, and also several groups planning to counter-protest. Among those mentioned were the Three Percenters, a far-right militia, which advocates gun rights and resistance to government involvement in local affairs.
    • Three people were wounded when a firearm was accidentally discharged Saturday afternoon as demonstrators gathered in Baxter Park.
    • The incident occurred just before 1 p.m. as members of a Black armed militia — the “No F***ing Around Coalition” — were getting ready for a march to downtown Louisville.
    • Louisville firefighters and paramedics arrived, providing assistance to the wounded individuals until they were transported to the University of Louisville Hospital.
    • Officials said all three have non-life threatening injuries.
    • The scene at the park remained calm as paramedics treated the wounded individuals. Members of the NFAC also took a knee as the wounded were treated.
    • The group was able to go ahead with their plans for the march after 2 p.m.
    • The crowd of people gathered Saturday afternoon were there in support of NFAC, which made their way to Louisville to demonstrate in support of justice for Breonna Taylor.
The Supreme Court, Wednesday, July 8, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
  • As Concerns About Voting Build, The Supreme Court Refuses To Step In
    https://www.npr.org/2020/07/25/895185355/as-concerns-about-voting-build-the-supreme-court-refuses-to-step-in
    • With a pandemic raging and uncertainty brewing, some fear the Supreme Court’s chilly attitude toward election lawsuits may add yet another obstacle to a free and fair election this November.
    • The court’s most visible decision on voting this year came in April, when, on the eve of the Wisconsin primary election, the five conservative justices voted to reverse a federal judge’s order to expand the state’s window for receiving absentee ballots.
    • as voters fearful of voting in person unleashed an “avalanche of absentee ballots,” in the words of the federal judge, that threatened to overwhelm the state’s election system. Thanks to the Supreme Court’s decision, thousands of ballots were thrown out for arriving too late.
    • Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg dissented forcefully in that case and was joined by her liberal colleagues. She wrote that the court’s decision “boggles the mind” as “a voter cannot deliver … a ballot she has not yet received. Yet tens of thousands of voters who timely requested absentee ballots” were asked to do just that.
    • In June, the court rejected a bid by the Texas Democratic Party to remove some barriers to absentee voting, particularly for voters under 65.
    • Earlier this month, the court refused to make it easier for voters in three Alabama counties to use absentee ballots, keeping in place a requirement that voters submit an affidavit signed by a notary public or two adult witnesses.
    • Last week, in a case from Florida, the justices preserved a last-minute order by the 11th Circuit that will bar hundreds of thousands of formerly incarcerated people from voting in the Aug. 18 primary and possibly the November general election as well.
    • Justice Sonia Sotomayor, joined by Ginsburg and Justice Elena Kagan, accused the court of a “trend of condoning disenfranchisement.”
    • “We know that we’re always in an uphill fight in the Roberts court when we’re fighting for voting rights,” says Dale Ho, director of the Voting Rights Project at the ACLU. But because of the “emergency posture that we’re going to be in between now and November, … however steep our hill is in normal circumstances, it’s only going to be steeper.”
    • Chief Justice John Roberts has long been skeptical of voting rights claims, a view that has been on full display this term and will likely weigh heavily on the court’s behavior this November.
    • under Roberts, Charles says we have a “court that says, ‘You know what, we’re not going to get involved.'” Ultimately, this may give rise to concerns about an “unregulated democratic process and … democratic legitimacy of the election.”
    • In 2013, the chief justice wrote the court’s 5-4 opinion striking down a major provision of the 1965 Voting Rights Act, effectively gutting the law. In his opinion, Roberts said that because “the conditions that originally justified these measures no longer characterize voting” in states and cities with a history of discriminating against Black voters, those jurisdictions could now be trusted to pass new voting regulations and create new congressional districts without fear of discrimination.
    • That prophecy proved incorrect. The decision immediately ushered in a bevy of state laws designed to decrease the voting power of minorities and make it harder to vote. Ginsburg, joined by her fellow liberal justices, predicted just such a result in her dissent, saying that taking away voting rights protections because Black voters were now voting in large numbers was akin to “throwing away your umbrella in a shower because you are not getting wet.”

3. Creature Feature

Time Stamp: 34:35

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