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Continuing Hostilities
[Poll #440800]

Senate Meeting 02/17/05
   I had to go to Senate last Thursday because the bill to allow the members of the ASUCD Supreme Court to write legislation like the rest of campus was up (incidently it was brought up that employees of the Aggie can't write legislation either. Thats their rule, not ours). The shadyness was well, forshadowed, by the infamous ASUCD burrito launching fire truck parked out front, as well as hordes of dressed up frat/sorority people milling about for the "Arrow Jam" competition to start.
   Turns out legislation had been intentionally tabled and sidetracked so as not to come up this week so the Senators could scamper off to Arrow Jam (nearly (?) all of them belong to frats/sororities). Senator Janine Fiel (jayneenaa) gave them all a piece of her mind about this. While this was certainly dubious behaviour on the part of the Senate, it worked out well because I wanted to go with Kristy and her roommates to see Hot Hot Heat at Pop Scene in San Fransisco. Usually the Senate keeps me there as long as possible, so it was good for me they were in a hurry.
   Also contributing to the shadyness was a supply of red bull that mysteriously turned up. But at least it was made available to everyone present. I think it was excess from Arrow Jam. Anyway, I thought I'd do a weekly poll to measure the perceived shadyness of the ASUCD Senate. This isn't to imply anything negative about the Senate, this is just our form of public opinion polling.

[Poll #440801]

Picture of the Day

(Senate on Thursday)

Pop Scene

Kristy and her roommates (Joe and Jadine) and already left for Pop Scene when I finally escaped from Senate, but they awesomely came back for me. So we drivemobiled on down to San Fransisco, which took like.. an hour an a half? Anyway, got there about half an hour before doors opened at nine. Show was cool. Dina (dinacloud) was there, as well as some other people who hate me because of my recent activities.
Quotes: "You can't dance with fucking seals!!" (Kristy, in response to what we could do if we couldn't get in), "don't knock my buns!" (regarding her "cinnie buns")

Previously on E.m.o.s.n.a.i.l.
   Two Years Ago Today: Parting Ways with the Coffee House - CoHo, how I miss thee.
      Previous Month in Summary - Yeah originally I was going to write a summary entry every month. Such sauce.
   Year Ago Today: Candidate's Forum 2004 -- & Admonishing the Elections Committee - Back then everyone thought the Elections Committee could do no wrong.

Unrelated - (But hilarifunny!!)
   Catapult the Ring to Mordor - Part I
   Catapult the Ring to Mordor - Part II

   "...I hereby resign ... I was in the freshman dorms, I never lied about that. Fact is, I was told to go there by my Focus [his party] advisors ... and you all sit around smiling smugly as if you didn't do the same. Not only that but I know many of you were drunk during budget hearings..." -(former) ASUCD Senator Nafeh Malik (paraphrased here, I don't have an exact transcript), resigning in lieu of the campaigning in the dorms controversy.
   "wow um... I think we need a ten minute break now to recollect ourselves." -Vice President Paloma Perez. "actually... I resign as well... -(former) ASUCD Senator Sean Reul.
   "The word is FUBAR" -ASUCD Senator Donald Cohen-Cutler on his cell phone immediately after a recess was subsequently called.
   "I'm... not resigning..." -ASUCD Senator Brianna Haag, the third implicated new Focus senator, as an anxious silence awaits her report.
   "I'm resigning... from all my other positions" -ASUCD Business & Finance Commission Chairman Alan Pang. "So wait, you're remaining in this one?" -President Kalen Gallagher, interjecting in the subsequent confusion. "yes." Room breaths an exasperated sigh of relief, Internal Affiars Commission Chairwoman Kahliah Laney looks like she's having a heart attack.

   Also at yesterdays senate meeting they swore in former Focus candidate Cari Ham to fill the senate seat earlier vacated by Lead senator Adam Barr. Selection of senators to fill vacated seats is the sole discretion of the ASUCD president.

Aggie photographer Matt Jojola (

blueliquid13) sulks after missing both resignations, having left the room right before the excitement commenced (but he got a picture of the empty seats which I tihnk was probably more poignent anyway). Orwellian party candidates Rob Roy and Chad van Schoelandt can be seen in the back right corner.

Jurisprudence in ASUCD
   President Gallagher ostensably vetoed the bill passed by senate last quarter to allow ASUCD Court members to write legislation. He justified it by saying that US Supreme Court justices don't write legislation, among other things.
   In response, I firstly pointed out that as the ASUCD president has until the next regularly scheduled senate meeting to veto legislation, and that has already transpired, his veto is unconstitutional. So what happens now is either the relevant government body can refuse to recognize his veto in light of its manifest unconstitutionality, or it can be reversed in a case. The former more convenient method is unlikely to occur so either I will be filing a case myself, or if I don't other people have said they will certainly file one. Obviously either way I wouldn't be sitting on the case though.
   Furthermore I pointed out that in the national arena, one has the Justice Department, the Bar Association, numerous other law related lobby groups, and armies of lawyers who love to tinker with the law. In ASUCD the only semblance of any of these is the ASUCD Court. To say the court can't write legislation is to say that no judicial legislation will be written in ASUCD, and that is ridiculous.
   Also I mentioned that Marberry v Madison in 1807 established that the US Supreme Court could review issues that inherently involved the Court, thus negating the opposing argument that if Court members wrote legislation it would be a conflict of interest for them. To this Commissioner Gordon "I was president of my JC" Fung responded that he didn't think Marberry v Madison applied in this situation. In response I proceeded to give a brief history of the circumstances and significance of Marberry v Madison for the Senate.
   Chairperson Jenni Beeman then asked why we were citing US Supreme Court cases as relevant to ASUCD. This prompted me to give the Senate a brief overview of legal theory and jurisprudence.
   In summary, it was altogether good times.

ASUCD Senators Keith Shively, Janine Fiel, & Darnell Holloway during Thursdays meeting.

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