Legal Commentary

Details Announced for May 31 Meeting on FL-MI Delegates

By Jeralyn

The Rules and Bylaws Committee of the DNC today announced how it will proceed at the May 31 hearing at the Marriott Wardman Park Hotel. It's open to the public, but you must pre-register.

[T]he rules committee will meet at a Washington area hotel and consider two challenges – including one from Jon Ausman, a national committeeman from Florida.

The advisory says, “each challenger (including Ausman) will be entitled to present an Oral Argument before the RBC prior to Committee consideration for a period of 15 minutes each.”

“A representative from each state party and from each presidential campaign will also have an opportunity to address the committee regarding each of the challenges,” the notice explains.

The arguments will be in the morning and the Committee will deliberate after lunch. You can register on-line starting at 10 a.m. on Tuesday (May 27.) [More...]

One more rule: You can't bring "banners, posters, signs, handouts, and noisemakers of any kind."

As for whether Hillary will stay in the race after June, the AP reports Hillary said she is willing to take the fight for Florida and Michigan's votes to count to the convention:

Hillary Rodham Clinton says she is willing to take her fight to seat Florida and Michigan delegates to the convention if the two states want to go that far. In an interview with The Associated Press, Clinton was asked whether she would support the states if they continue the fight. The presidential candidate said Wednesday, "Yes I will. I will, because I feel very strongly about this."

I'm not sure that's a statement that she will stay in the race while she continues to fight for their votes to count, but some are interpreting it that way.

From a later article here's her statement:

Asked if she now envisioned the race extending beyond June 3, Clinton replied: "It could, I hope it doesn't. I hope it's resolved to everyone's satisfaction by that date, because that's what people are expecting, but we'll have to see what happens."

More on Hillary's speech today in Florida here.

Full post as published by TalkLeft on May 21, 2008 (boomark / email).