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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black'>I have no clue whether
the <st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Oregon</st1:place></st1:State>
issue will or will not be heard by the current National LP Judicial Committee.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black'>And even if it is
heard, I have no idea how the Chair of the Judicial Committee would vote.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black'><br>
However, I find it interesting that Wes Wagner is complaining about a potential
conflict of interest on the part of the current Chair of the National LP’s
Judicial Committee.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black'>See the comment below
from Dan Wiener. Note that Lee Wrights cast the deciding vote that made
this opinion the majority opinion of the National LP JC back in 2011:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black'><a
href="http://www.libertyforamerica.com/201109.pdf">http://www.libertyforamerica.com/201109.pdf</a>
(Hat Tip to Dr. George Phillies)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 face=Arial><span style='font-size:9.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>“But the LNC and the Executive Committee did purport
to recognize and empower one group (the Reeves <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 face=Arial><span style='font-size:9.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Group) over another group (the Wagner group) to represent
the Libertarian Party of Oregon. This action was beyond the <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 face=Arial><span style='font-size:9.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>authority of the LNC or EC based upon the Bylaws, and is void”<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black'>GGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black'><a
href="http://www.independentpoliticalreport.com/2011/11/lp-nat-com-votes-to-overturn-jc-on-oregon-lp/">http://www.independentpoliticalreport.com/2011/11/lp-nat-com-votes-to-overturn-jc-on-oregon-lp/</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><cite><b><i><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'>“Daniel Wiener</span></font></i></b>
</cite><a
href="http://www.independentpoliticalreport.com/2011/11/lp-nat-com-votes-to-overturn-jc-on-oregon-lp/#comment-718885"><time datetime="2011-11-23T00:56:44+00:00">November
23, 2011 at 12:56 am</time></a> <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p><font size=1 face=Arial><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Thomas
Knapp@23:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=1 face=Arial><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial'>“My
flash take on the SPECIFIC issue at hand is that the matter in question was not
personal to Ruwart, and that Wrights on the Judicial Committee taking the same
position as she did on the LNC/EC was not obviously a function of their
relationship, whatever that relationship might be. – [TK]”<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=1 face=Arial><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Tom,
unfortunately it was more than just Ruwart on the LNC and Wrights on the JC
happening to take the same position. Mary Ruwart submitted a written argument
to the JC in support of the Wagner faction in <st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Oregon</st1:place></st1:State>, and then she was a prominent
proponent of the Wagner faction in oral arguments and Q&A during the
Judicial Committee’s hearing.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=1 face=Arial><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Without
getting into the nature of Ruwart’s and Wright’s relationship,
let’s just take the most benign analogy: If a lawyer who shared the same
home address as a judge was one of the principal attorneys arguing a
high-profile case in front of that judge, could there be any doubt that the
judge would have a conflict of interest (or at the very least the appearance of
a conflict of interest) and need to recuse himself?”<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>GGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>
Scott Lieberman<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>We all
know you were put up by your allies to get the item on the table just to bring
it to issue to fork it over to the judicial committee where the chair who is a
chief plaintiff in the lawsuit can commit an act of extreme perversion.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>It will
have no real affect on the lawsuit.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Given
that the members in <st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">oregon</st1:place></st1:State>
are poised to leave the LP anyway ... probably not much long term effect on the
LPO.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>It will
however destroy the LNC.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>I don't
waste my time on people who have proven they are a nationalist through their
words and ild enough to know better. That is why I closed our dialogue. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>As far as
our internal dispute .. it was over in 2010 and the due already cast. The LNC
made it their dispute by interfering.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
color:black'> </span></font>Wes<font color=black><span
style='color:black'> [Wagner]</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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