Three candidates seeking the presidential nomination of the Constitution Party will meet in Michigan this weekend for a candidate meet-and-greet. The event will be part of the US Taxpayers Party of Michigan’s April State Committee meeting.…
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Former Libertarian Congressman Justin Amash announced Thursday that he is exploring a run for the United States Senate out of Michigan, but possibly not as a member of the Libertarian Party.…
An amicus brief has been filed in the Libertarian National Committee v. Michael Saliba, et al. You can read it at:
https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/67845274/28/libertarian-natl-comm-inc-v-michael-saliba/
It proposes that the extension of the Lanham Act to non-commercial speech must satisfy strict scrutiny.…
Re: Libertarian Natl Comm, Inc. v. Michael Saliba, et al, CA No. 23-1856
MEDIATION PROPOSAL FROM THE SALIBA GROUP
As the dispute between the Libertarian National Committee and the defendants, Michael Saliba, et al, is rooted in the disagreement within the Michigan Libertarian Party between two groups claiming party leadership as the legitimate LEC and the LNC choosing to recognize one of these groups claim, and the Michigan Libertarian Party’s bylaws do not allow for a convention that would allow its members to settle the dispute with an election, it is requested that the court consider the following proposal for Michigan Libertarian Party convention for party members to settle the dispute for party leadership and end the need for the LNC to choose which Michigan Libertarian Party members are granted use of the LNC trademark and logo.…
On October 4, 2023, U.S. District Court Judge Judith Levy ordered mediation in the lawsuit Libertarian National Committee v. Saliba, E.D., 5:23cv-11074. This order came two days after the Libertarian National Committee submitted documentation arguing against a Motion to Stay and in defense of a preliminary injunction against the Michigan organization that had identified itself as the official Libertarian Party of Michigan affiliate.…
We anticipate that this post will be updated on occasion.
However, the Libertarian National Committee did sue a group of people who were one of the two sides in the Michigan Libertarian Party dispute, asking on the basis of trademark law that the people be enjoined from using the LNC Trademark “Libertarian Party”.…
The Libertarian National Committee and several Michigan Libertarians involved in one of the two organizations actively claiming to be the party’s legitimate state affiliate will meet for the first court hearing in Ann Harbor later next month.…
(Ed: Hat tip to Jeremy David for reporting this on Facebook)
United States District Court Judge Judith Levy has struck the LNC’s filing for a preliminary injunction against the Michigan Libertarian Party (Michael Saliba, Chair). …
The Libertarian National Committee has made a 200-page filing asking for a preliminary injunction against Michigan Libertarians Mike Saliba, Rafael Wolf, Greg Stempfle, Angela Thornton-Canny, Jami Van Alstine, Mary Buzuma, Dave Canny and Joseph Brungardt, asking that they be enjoined from using the LNC’s trademarks “Libertarian Party” and “Libertarian Logo”.…