Weekly Updates

(Weekly Update #220) Dear Members and Advocates, One of my favorite movies of all time is the 1983 comedy, Trading Places. The movie is about two brothers who are the owners of a large commodities firm. They make a bet on whether they can take two people from opposite ends of the social hierarchy and see if the men are

(Weekly Update #219) Dear Members and Advocates, In 2020, the Brevard County Board of Commissioners came up with an idea. In addition to the schools, parks, playgrounds and daycares that comprise the center of a 1000 foot exclusion zone where people required to register could not enter into, they wanted to allow businesses to be able to self-certify as a

(Weekly Update #218) Dear Members and Advocates, How are you doing today? That’s not a rhetorical question. Literally, how are you doing today? I know you’re reading a weekly update email and there’s nobody to respond to, but that doesn’t mean I don’t want you to ask yourself that question and if it makes you feel better, stand in front

(Weekly Update #217) Dear Members and Advocates, I don’t know why I am so affected by the death of someone I’ve never met and never spoken to. People die all the time. Family gets sick, mass shootings are a daily headline, and death is an inevitable reality of life. Still, for some reason when I heard that Ira had died,

(Weekly Update #215) Dear Members and Advocates, Every July 4th I reflect on the meaning of this holiday and why it is celebrated. In 1776, the founders of this nation got together and wrote this document declaring themselves independent from British rule. The document, fittingly called the “Declaration of Independence”, was basically a list of grievances against the government of

(Weekly Update #213) Dear Members and Advocates, This week (Friday) begins the National Association for Rational Sex Offense Laws (NARSOL) annual conference. Several FAC members will be attending this year’s conference and our own membership chairperson, Anita, will be one of the presenters. These annual events are great for multiple reasons. First, it’s an opportunity to learn about what efforts

(Weekly Update #212) Dear Members and Advocates, Like most kids, I used to go to the carnival when it came to town. I remember exiting the tailgate of the station wagon of the carpooling parent, there was a reminder of where and when we’d get picked up,  a cautionary “be careful on the rides” or “don’t eat too much junk”,

(Weekly Update #210) Dear Members and Advocates, Sadly, this past week our country experienced another tragedy that has become all too common over the past several decades. Another school massacre took place in Texas. 21 people were killed, including 19 elementary school students. Now I understand that gun control is a very divisive topic and I’m not looking to go

  (Weekly Update #209) Dear Members and Advocates, I’m going to begin this week’s update with a paraphrase of Justice William Pryor’s observation during oral argument on Does v. Swearingen (Ex Post Facto Plus I) this past week. “Was Rosa Parks too late?” He posed this hypothetical to counsel for the FDLE when counsel argued that the plaintiffs were too

(Weekly Update #208) Dear Members and Advocates, Yesterday, three of our members were able to do something they were not previously allowed to do for more than fifteen years. They were allowed to address their County commissioners at a county commission meeting. It was a long time in the making and required the filing of a lawsuit, but this right,