The Cheboygan County Circuit Court issued a temporary restraining order on Wednesday, preventing the Libertarian Party of Michigan’s Judicial Committee from invalidating the election of 27 delegates to the 2024 Libertarian National Convention and ruling that the committee had overstepped its authority.
According to documents shared on the public LNC business list, the court ruled in favor of several plaintiffs against members of the Libertarian Party of Michigan’s Judicial Committee. The plaintiffs argued that the Judicial Committee’s decision to invalidate the election of 27 delegates to the 2024 Libertarian Party National Convention was beyond its authority and not based on the party’s bylaws. The court ultimately found in their favor, stating that the decision was rendered outside the proper scope of the Judicial Committee.
The original post on the LNC business list can be accessed here. Readers can access a complete copy of the ruling courtesy of Third Party Watch here
As a result of the ruling, the court ordered Daniel Ziemba, one of the defendants, to re-submit the names and addresses of the delegates to the National Convention Credential Committee by the morning of Thursday, May 23. Once submitted, the defendants are additionally prohibited from submitting any documents that could overturn or modify this list of delegates until a preliminary injunction hearing can be conducted. Any violations of the order shall be punishable as contempt of court.
While the current ruling is intended to ensure that the delegates in question will participate in the Libertarian National Convention later this week, the court states that the broader legal questions about the Judicial Committee’s authority and the validity of its decision remain unresolved. It plans to schedule a hearing in the future to outline the next steps in the case.
Since this is already getting heat, but maybe not a lot of light, at BAN?
An edited version of my comment there.
For non-Libertarians, which of the two is the Mises Mice group and which is the Old Tyme Libertarian group?
Per commenter there saying that a TRO requires a bond?
I don’t know about TROs, but I do know, per teh Google, that with preliminary injunctions, a bond is **totally discretionary** in Michigan. And, Michigan law would appear to indicate it may be discretionary with TROs as well:
“(4) When a bond is required before the issuance of an injunction or temporary restraining order, the bond must be filed with the clerk before the sealing and delivery of the injunction or restraining order.”
https://casetext.com/rule/michigan-court-rules/michigan-court-rules/chapter-3-special-proceedings-and-actions/subchapter-3300-extraordinary-writs/rule-3310-injunctions