[Lnc-business] LNC v. FEC - decision and next steps

[Tim Hagan]

The Legal Offense Fund has $0. It was used up in April 2018.

We budgeted $4500 this year for the FEC lawsuit in the Litigation budget 
line. The Litigation budget line also has $4000 for costs of the 
Kentucky Educational Television lawsuit the LNC lost and $10,000 for 
Ballot Access legal expenses.

With a petition for certiorari costing $5k to $10k, the Litigation 
budget line will need to be increased to file it, unless if we expect to 
spend less on ballot access legal expenses.

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Tim Hagan
Treasurer, Libertarian National Committee

On 2019-05-21 20:22, Sam Goldstein via Lnc-business wrote:
> Mr. Hagan,
> 
> What, if anything, is left in the Legal Offense fund for this year?
> It is adequate to cover the Chair's estimate of $5k-$10k just for a
> petition for certiorari?
> 
> ---
> Sam Goldstein
> Libertarian National Committee
> 317-850-0726 Cell
> 
> On 2019-05-21 23:10, Caryn Ann Harlos via Lnc-business wrote:
>> In for a penny, in for a pound.  I would like to note that I was 
>> opposed to
>> this whole thing from the beginning and worry we are throwing good 
>> money
>> after bad.
>> 
>> This is not the debate case (for anyone just quickly reading FEC) - it 
>> is a
>> case about bequests.  And we could have used the bequest money 
>> immediately
>> if we used it in a certain way, and I objected to spending what 
>> essentially
>> was a dead man's gift to fight something.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> On Tue, May 21, 2019 at 8:52 PM John Phillips via Lnc-business <
>> lnc-business at hq.lp.org> wrote:
>> 
>>> I agree, and I think this is something we could fundraise for fairly
>>> easily, as well as an action that the affiliates would support.  If I 
>>> can
>>> help in any way please let me know
>>> 
>>> John Phillips
>>> Libertarian National Committee Region 6 Representative
>>> Cell 217-412-5973
>>> 
>>> On May 21, 2019 9:41 PM, Nicholas Sarwark via Lnc-business <
>>> lnc-business at hq.lp.org> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Dear All,
>>> 
>>> We got an opinion in our case against the FEC today. The bad news is 
>>> that
>>> the panel ruled against us. The good news is that the ruling was 
>>> along
>>> party lines, presenting a good case for an appeal to the Supreme 
>>> Court
>>> (where the split of judges is opposite from the D.C. Circuit).
>>> 
>>> A petition for certiorari at the Supreme Court would cost us between
>>> $5-10K
>>> for printing and filing costs. Our counsel believes it is likely we 
>>> could
>>> get some good amici on the petition for certiorari and would like to 
>>> file
>>> a
>>> petition for certiorari.
>>> 
>>> I would like to instruct our counsel to proceed with a petition for
>>> certiorari and believe this would be allowable under the policy 
>>> manual
>>> since this is the continuation of litigation that has already been
>>> approved
>>> by the LNC, but I wanted to email the list to see if anyone had any
>>> questions or objections before we proceed.
>>> 
>>> Judgment and opinion attached.
>>> 
>>> Yours truly,
>>> Nick
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>> 
>> --
>> 
>> *  In Liberty,*
>> 
>> *Libertarian Party and Libertarian National Committee Secretary *- 
>> Caryn.Ann.
>> Harlos at LP.org <Caryn.Ann.Harlos at LP.org> or Secretary at LP.org.
>> *Chair, LP Historical Preservation Committee* - LPedia at LP.org
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