Listers Email below refers. This is the sort of thing that doesn't endear the world to America and will jeopardize Internet Governance going forward. Ali Hussein Principal Hussein & Associates +254 0713 601113 Twitter: @AliHKassim Skype: abu-jomo LinkedIn: http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim "Discovery consists in seeing what everyone else has seen and thinking what no one else has thought". ~ Albert Szent-Györgyi Sent from my iPad Begin forwarded message:

From: Hountomey Jean Robert <jrhountomey@gmail.com> Date: 30 September 2016 at 5:42:14 AM EAT To: AfrICANN Community List <africann@afrinic.net> Subject: [AfrICANN-discuss] Four US states demand restraining order to stop the ICANN/IANA transition Reply-To: AfrICANN Community List <africann@afrinic.net>

The attorneys general of ARIZONA, TEXAS, OKLAHOMA and NEVADA demand restraining order with five main claims:

The contract is US government property and requires explicit Congressional approval before it can be handed over. The transition would violate the First Amendment. The NTIA did not follow the correct public comment procedures. The NTIA does not have the authority to hand over the contract. The transition does not properly protect the .gov and .mil top-level domains. More at

https://www.lawfareblog.com/icann-and-iana-transition-end-game-ii https://www.texasattorneygeneral.gov/files/epress/Net_Complaint_-_FILED.pdf _______________________________________________ AfrICANN mailing list AfrICANN@afrinic.net https://lists.afrinic.net/mailman/listinfo/africann