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ASUC Berkeley President Seeks Legal Fees for Case Against ASUC Court

   Basically, it looks like the Supreme Court of ASUC Berkeley found the president-elect to have become disqualified. President-elect Oren Gabriel then sued the ASUC Judicial Council (their Court) in the local Superior Court. The Superior Court judge summarily dismissed the case because all internal ASUC avenues of resolution had not been exhausted -- there was still an appeal pending before the Judicial Council -- but not before Gabriel managed to incur $22,679 in legal fees.

   The President's party with allied parties "UNITE Greek" & "APPLE Engineering"¹ control 14 of 20 senators, and have authored a bill to reimburse the president for his legal fees. Opponents, including opposition party CalSERVE, argue that since the legal action was unnecessary, it is unfair to use student fees to support it.

¹Apparently they've discovered the secret that if you make your name an acronym it'll keep getting typed up in all-caps, not that anyone here in ASUCD or at EMOSNAIL would ever stoop to that

   In a recent debate in ASUCD about a bill to reduce spending limits for ASUCD campaigns, someone commented "I really don't know why people even spend $250 to get elected." Well, apparently, some people are willing to spend $22,679 for equivalent positions.
   I think he should not only not get reimbursed, he should have to record the expense as a campaign expenditure. (=

In Other News the ASUCD Senate voted 1-11-0 today NOT to pay the increased fee UCSA wanted from us. It is believed by many that UCSA will consequently deny our right to vote in their governance and we will therefore secede.

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