[Lnc-business] Email Ballot 2018-19: AGREE TO "JC" DECISIONS

[Joe Bishop-Henchman]

I vote yes. I do have misgivings and have gone back and forth. This 
short motion is worded to satisfy every possible view on the JC issue. 
It says we are bound by the Bylaws while this motion is arguably a 
violation of the Bylaws. It says we the LNC are bound by any rulings but 
party members (which we all are) are not. It puts “JC” in scare quotes, 
which is not reassuring for our view of their legitimacy. It says their 
resolution of disputes will be binding but affiliates suing us or 
individuals who lose cases need not choose to be bound by them.

In my view, either we currently have a Judicial Committee or we don’t. 
If we do, the proper course is to reconsider the acknowledgement 
resolution which was direct and did not have these satisfying but 
contradictory sentences. If we don’t, we either live without it or we 
establish an LNC committee in the Policy Manual with clarity about what 
we’re setting up and what they can and can’t do.

So why vote yes? I think it will have the same effect as the 
acknowledgement resolution: the top seven will be established and 
quickly assert their authority without any of the supposed limits we’re 
putting on them. If they go overboard, this motion gives us the right as 
party members not to be bound by it. If we have some takeover by Trump 
or Warren at the 2020 convention, they’ll exist to prevent it which we 
would support them on. And if history is guide, nothing so horrible will 
happen that we will call upon them; if it does, it will hopefully be 
serious enough that their word will stick.

If members do want to hold off on this so as to discuss it at the next 
LNC meeting, I may change my vote to support that out of deference to 
that request; this is a significant issue and no one should feel rushed 
about it. But I honestly think we’ve talked through the JC issue 
extensively and every possible option has been considered. This motion 
does what we need and has majority support to do it. I personally would 
like our in-person meeting to be as externally focused as possible on 
what we can do to promote our candidates and help our affiliates, and 
not overloaded with unfinished inward-looking business.


JBH

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Joe Bishop-Henchman
LNC Member (At-Large)
joe.bishop-henchman at lp.org
www.facebook.com/groups/189510455174837

On 2018-07-25 08:06, Caryn Ann Harlos via Lnc-business wrote:
> We have an electronic mail ballot. Votes are due to the LNC-Business
>    list by AUGUST 1, 2018 at 11:59:59pm Pacific time. Co-Sponsors: 
> Harlos,
>    Longstreth, Merced, Phillips Motion: Move that the Libertarian 
> National
>    Committee agree to be bound by the decisions of the top-seven
>    vote-getters for the Judicial Committee at the 2018 Convention as if
>    they were elected in the normal course of convention business and
>    follow the procedures and rules set forth in our Bylaws. It is
>    acknowledged that this agreement is not binding upon any member or
>    affiliate. You can keep track of the Secretary's manual tally of 
> votes
>    here: [1]https://tinyurl.com/lncvoting
>    --
>    In Liberty,
>    Caryn Ann Harlos
>    Libertarian Party and Libertarian National Committee Secretary -
>    [2]Caryn.Ann. Harlos at LP.org or Secretary at LP.org.
>    Chair, LP Historical Preservation Committee - LPedia at LP.org
>    A haiku to the Statement of Principles:
>    We defend your rights
>    And oppose the use of force
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> 
> References
> 
>    1. https://tinyurl.com/lncvoting
>    2. mailto:Caryn.Ann.Harlos at LP.org