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

[Nicholas Sarwark]

If the petition is accepted, there would be printing costs for the briefs.
Our agreement with Mr. Gura is an annual one as long as the case is going
on, so potentially an extra year of representation as well.

-Nick

On Wed, May 29, 2019 at 1:30 PM Sam Goldstein via Lnc-business <
lnc-business at hq.lp.org> wrote:

> If SCOTUS accepts the case, would we then incur additional costs for
> printing, legal services, etc?
>
> ---
> Sam Goldstein
> Libertarian National Committee
> 317-850-0726 Cell
>
> On 2019-05-29 15:32, Richard Longstreth via Lnc-business wrote:
> > I object until funding is raised and in hand.
> >
> > Richard Longstreth
> > Region 1 Representative (AK, AZ, CO, HI, KS, MT, NM, OR, UT, WA, WY)
> > Libertarian National Committee
> > richard.longstreth at lp.org
> > 931.538.9300
> >
> > Sent from my Mobile Device
> >
> > On Wed, May 29, 2019, 10:45 Caryn Ann Harlos via Lnc-business <
> > lnc-business at hq.lp.org> wrote:
> >
> >> I object but I think I stand alone.
> >>
> >> On Wed, May 29, 2019 at 11:26 AM Jeff Lyons via Lnc-business <
> >> lnc-business at hq.lp.org> wrote:
> >>
> >> > Send it!
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > Get Outlook for Android
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > On Wed, May 29, 2019 at 1:25 PM -0400, "Nicholas Sarwark via
> >> Lnc-business"
> >> > <lnc-business at hq.lp.org> wrote:
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > Dear All,
> >> >
> >> > We have received an analysis from Oliver Hall that suggests we should
> >> > petition the Supreme Court for certiorari in our case against the FEC.
> >> Ms.
> >> > Daugherty has drafted a fundraising letter to seek to raise the
> >> additional
> >> > funds for printing.  Mr. Gura would like to start as soon as practical
> >> and
> >> > our agreement with him is an annual one, so there would not be
> additional
> >> > fees for the representation associated with filing the petition to the
> >> > Supreme Court.
> >> >
> >> > My inclination is to give the go ahead by the end of this week unless
> >> there
> >> > are strong objections that would require a meeting or vote of the LNC
> or
> >> > EC.
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > -Nick
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > On Tue, May 21, 2019 at 7:41 PM Nicholas Sarwark  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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> >>
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