Impeachment Fever!

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Impeachment of Chief Justice Banerjee
   Last Wednesday we (the ASUCD Supreme Court) had a joint meeting with the ASUCD Elections Committee (don't tell Kristen Birdsall!!*), which also involved pizza thanks to our $33 budget this quarter. Also in attendance was the Academic Affairs Commission Chair Peter Markevich, and Executive Office Events Coordinator Kevin Powers. Next week we are tossing around the idea of having a joint meeting in Berkeley with the ASUC Berkeley Supreme Court (Judicial Council). Incidently, whats up with their name -- the members are Justices, but the presiding officer is the "Judicial Council Chair." For the sake of consistency, they will be referred to as Chief Justice usually here however.

   On that note, the Berkeley Chief Justice has been called before the ASUC Senate for impeachment! This is basically a reprisal against the Judicial Council for enforcing the rules during the Oren Gabriel Scandal we'd noted earlier. An intelligent and concise overview of the charges can be found here (as opposed to the newspaper "overview," which as is so often the case, suffers from an authority bias (towards what the senate says) and a lack of critical thinking in connecting the dots). The impeachment is scheduled for next Wednesday at 10pm. I'm interested in going down there for it, and so far several of our justices have also expressed an interest in doing so. It looks like we might even make quorum down there. How saucy would that be to hold a meeting down there during their senate meeting? (=


Impeachment of Comptroller Savaree-Ruess
   In other news, an impeachment hearing took place for ASUCD Comptroller Kai Savaree-Ruess (pictured, right), whom you may recall as the guy who was pushing for the elimination of the judicial branch last year.
   Savaree initially affiliated himself with the "Focus" campus political party, but after an unsuccessful Senate run, changed his affiliation to Lead and did so convincingly enough to be given the position of Comptroller by the Lead executive office. However, as of late, he has taken to prominantly wearing the mustard colour Focus shirts again and being seen ubiquitously with prominant Focite politician Chris Harold.
   Cause of Action for this impeachment has been generally cited as two things:
   (1) an incident a few days prior when Savaree was spotted wearing the catsup colour of the Lead party. When asked sarcastically if he was "supporting his party" he allegedly responded "I'd rather kill babies with my bare hands than allow any more Lead kids [in ASUCD];"
   (2) Allegedly, during the Candidates Forum in the Coffee House on Wednesday, he was seen laughing while a Lead candidate spoke about LGBT issues. After the forum, allegedly, the candidate came up to Kai and shook his hand, while asking "so Kai, you find something funny about LGBT issues?" At which point, allegedly, Kai pulled his hand away and yelled to Leadite President Darnell Holloway "HEY, get your kid away from me before I punch him!" Allegedly.
   An impeachment was scheduled for the very next day (This last Thursday). The impeachment closed session took more than two hours, after which Kai emerged and made some vague references like (someone) "so are you still controller?" (Kai) "for now." To note all the noteworthy things that occured durign this time would warrant an entry all its own, and that just might occur, but I thought one of the funniest things was when a Point of Order was made from the hallway during closed session, by writing it on a piece of paper, sliding it under teh door, and then knocking. It was asking if the session could be open now that the witness who had requested it closed had departed. It was answered by Senator Higgens opening the door real quick and telling us "no!" and closing it again.

   Reportedly, there is now "a race on who can send the first ASUCD Court lawsuit" regarding the closed session. I just hope THIS time the Recorder isn't forced to flee the country and/or doesn't wind up hanging in a closet in Sproul! )= They should be assigned an ASUCD Bodyguard.


Indictment of Mr Lubanga Dyilo, Alleged Congolese War Criminal
   Also on Thursday, the International Criminal Court had their first hearing ever, on the confirmation of charges for Mr Lubanga Dyilo.

Comments

[orwell-troll.livejournal.com]

I would be willing to drive a few of your justices down for the Senate meeting in Berkeley. After the "Lawyer Embezzlement Act" and the Executive Order picking the winners of the election, someone needs to talk some sense into these people. I'm surprised that six months after the election, these people still are wasting time with political retribution.

In other news, that photo of Kai is wonderfully scandalous. I wish I could have stayed for the whole closed session, but class awaited. It sounds like it was a pretty serious setback for the ASUCD Roundheads.

And huzzah for the International Criminal Court; let's hope the U.S. participates in it soon!

[citharistria.livejournal.com]

You, sir, are my preferred source of ASUCD/UCD/UC gossip and news. My thanks.

[ucd-bean.livejournal.com]

"Current mood: Speaking Ex Cathedra"

Hahaha