Dr. Mary Kelly:

I have a list of questions but I may not have listed all the questions. I have been asked whether third parties have more rights than observers. Yes they do and let me give an example of one key difference. If a third party submits an appeal but then withdraws it, the observer has no more standing in the debate. That is a stark example of the difference. There are many other differences including what one is allowed to do at oral hearings.

We cannot call anybody a serial objector. We must take every objection as it comes.