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

[Sam Goldstein]

Tim,

Thanks for your response.

I'd like to hear an opinion from our legal counsel that we are not just 
tilting at windmill by
take this to the SCOTUS before we spend scarce resources.



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Sam Goldstein
Libertarian National Committee
317-850-0726 Cell

On 2019-05-22 02:18, Tim Hagan via Lnc-business wrote:
> 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.
> 
> ---
> 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
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>> 
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