We continue to receive amici on the LPNH Appeal. The latest three are from Justin O’Donnell, Nolan Schmidt, and Darryl Perry. AMICUS FROM DARRYL PERRY IN SUPPORT OF THE LNC’S DISAFFILIATION OF THE NEW HAMPSHIRE AFFILIATE INTRODUCTION The author of this Amicus is a Life member of the Libertarian Party, former Chair of LPNH, and former Life Member of LPNH…
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I will be posting amici in the order that they find them. This post has four of them, from Mike Seebeck, George Phillies, Jake Leonard, and Caryn Ann Harlos, in that order. Yesterday I forgot to link to Caryn Ann Harlos’s complete amicus, but it was there. Of particular interest here is LaROUCHE v. FOWLER (1998) https://caselaw.findlaw.com/court/us-dc-circuit/1115890.html Amicus of Michael…
The organization “Libertarian Party of New Hampshire”, recently disaffiliated from the national Libertarian Party by vote of the Libertarian National Committee, has used LNC Bylaws to appeal its disaffiliation. They present an actual appeal statement as well as Exhibit A, Exhibit B, Exhibit C, Exhibit D, Exhibit E, Exhibit F, and Exhibit G. Michael Seebeck, former Secretary of the Libertarian…
We are advised by a totally reliable source that the LNC through its attorneys has asked LPNM if it would agree to delay the date on which the LNC must pay the $20,000 bond before the preliminary injunction can to go into effect. LPNM, we gather, denied the request. Readers should consider that the LNC budget did not appear to…
The Libertarian Transparency Caucus issues the following statement regarding the current New Mexico controversy: We offer no comment on the merits of the case. However, there needs to be clear delineation between what qualifies as discussion under executive session and what does not. Mr. Thompson’s questions are valid questions that belong in the public LP discussion environment as they do…
An email exchange on the LNC Public list vanished. Part of it later rose from the grave. The LNC-Public list featured a question by Keith Thompson followed by an exchange between Thompson, LNC Chair Evan McMahon, and Regional Representatives Austin Martin and Alfa Shaw. At the end, the emails all vanished from the LNC-Public list. On looking, I received a…
We quote the exchange from LNC-PUBLIC Keith Thompson <keith.thompson@lp.org> Sent: Tuesday, June 23, 2026 Subject: New Mexico Questions Good afternoon, I’m hoping to get clarification on a few items regarding the LPNM: Does the injunction, while in effect, prevent them from running candidates? My understanding is that their ballot drive must be completed in July – is that correct? If…
Ms. Dearn writes: I’m defending the Libertarian Party of New Mexico in a lawsuit brought by the Libertarian National Committee. I find the lawsuit offensive. Mainly because they have sued five individuals on the LPNM ex com. I’m almost certainly going to get the individual defendants dismissed in a few months due to lack of legal merit. But in the…
We are in receipt of some of the filings in the New Mexico litigation of the LNC against the LPNM. There is a second statement from the LNC. There are two exhibits, Exhibit 1 and Exhibit 2. There is the statement by the LNC that all filings have been made.
We are led to understand that, as of the end of May, the LNC’s litigators in the New Mexico Trademark case have billed the LNC for almost the full amount of their retainer. There are rumors that several people have counted noses and concluded that the LNC is two or three votes short of being able to disaffiliate the Free…