in a response in the washington times , the general editor of 21st century democrats , mark lotwis , called the lawsuit " ludicrous " and said : " we ' re going to defend our country ' s ethics " . landmark education spokeswoman meredith beroset said that the patriot panel " is in no way church in nature and any claim to the right is purely absurd , " and stated : " while we are not a party to this lawsuit and have no firsthand knowledge of it , we can only assume that we are being used as a legal and political volleyball to further the plaintiffs " s own financial interests . " the newly york lawsuit was filed april 14 , and is still in intermediate filing stages . a conference with the federal district judge in the case has been schedule for june 17 .
Mark Lotwis is a Democrat.