Meeting comes to order at 8PM exactly. 49 people are present. There are public comments. The arguments for and against adopting the SIC report have been heard before, many times. Martin objects to adopting the agenda. There is a roll-call vote to adopt. Shaw and Martin vote against. Vote is 16-2. Agenda is adopted. Knebel moves to appoint Rich Bowen…
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The proposed terms are reportedly: New Hampshire affiliation proposal Summary Do not pick either affiliate petition on Sept 13. Let all of New Hampshire’s members convene to create a new affiliate. The LP commits to running, or allowing to be run, a fair, transparent, and open convention. LPNH will surrender all assets, including but not limited to, physical property, domain…
The LP Judicial Committee has already ruled unanimously in favor of the Libertarian National Committee. The attached documents explain their reasons for their ruling. There is a 76 page document, including a five page table of contents, from Ken Moellman. There is a 44 page document from Chuck Moulton. There is a two page document from Mary Gingell. Documents were…
Ken Moellman, Judicial Committee Chair, has issued a definitive analysis of the process by which the Judicial Committee fills its vacancies. It is 27 pages of careful bylaws argumentation, available as a PDF at the link.
We quote Amanda Griffith’s post on the LNC’s public list: Gentlemen, This is my first available time to contact those who are to be contacted, and as such I am doing so now. After deliberation in executive session, the Judicial Committee rose at 9:57PM on August 17, 2026 (last night) to consider the question in the matter of the disaffiliation…
We gather that the event will be live on the LP YouTube channel. We anticipate covering it. Amici continue to arrive. First section: LPNH Attorney presents. They start at 8:07 PM, slightly late due to technical issues. Moellman reads the rules. He then reads the disaffiliation resolution, which the LNC passed 15-2-1. Ian Huyett presents for LPNH. He asks for…
In our opinion, the matter speaks for itself. Mr. McGee’s new amicus and Mr. Seebeck’s original amicus are definitive. They both support the LNC position against the LPNH position. For those not fond of PDFs, the McGee amicus reads: Amicus Brief of Jonathan McGee in Support of the Libertarian National Committee Introduction Seven amici have now filed in this matter…
And with this we quit. No new arguments are being advanced. On the same line, we are getting comments from people claiming that endorsing Donald Trump, an act whose performance is not disputed by either of the two parties before the Judicial Committee, is not a specified cause. These comments are being grouped with comments from anti-vaxxer crackpots, namely they…
And one more And yet another and another, probably with a third on Sunday. There is considerable repetition. Both of the core parties agree that the first charge was correct: LPNH did endorse Donald Trump for President. The original motion was weaker in its second charge: The charge was that LPNH made statements, notably on X, that were damaging to…