On September 25, both sides in the lawsuit Libertarian National Committee v Saliba, e.d., 5:23cv-11074, filed a joint report with the U.S. District Court judge, expressing their opinions about the timing of the trial. The Libertarian National Committee wants it to start on April 1, 2024; the faction of the Michigan Libertarian Party that is not recognized by the national committee wants it to start October 1, 2024.
The LNC wants the substantive briefs to be due February 29, 2024, the other side wants them due August 15, 2024.
The trial is expected to last three days. Here is the joint report. The judge will now decide the schedule.
In the meantime, the Sixth Circuit has received the appeal of the faction of the Libertarian Michigan Party that is not recognized by the FEC. 23-1856. The issue in the Sixth Circuit is whether the U.S. District Court should have enjoined the non-LNC faction from calling itself “Libertarian Party of Michigan” while the lawsuit proceeds. The Sixth Circuit is sending that to mediation, which will be held on October 20.
And there we are… after tens of thousands of dollars spent the courts send the dispute to mediation anyway. Pay close attention to how that works. I suggested that binding mediation be offered by the LNC instead of litigation.
P-A-T –
INTO ALL PARTY BYLAWS
CONTROL FREAKS IN THE NATL LP EVEN WORSE THAN THE CONTROL FREAKS IN THE COMMIE/FASCIST PARTIES IN THE USA — AKA DEMS/GOP ???
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P-A-T
The national party determines who its affiliates are. Anyone else pretending to be one is engaged in fraud. Duh!