Sponsored by Payel Chowdhury, VP External, Social Sciences Representative

On behalf of: President Carrie Carmody

Date of Presentation: 09-29-2009

Written by Carrie Carmody

2/3 Vote to pass

 

WHEREAS the AGS constitution calls for the annual establishment of a Judicial Committee;

 

WHEREAS it is the constitutional duty of the President to appoint the members to the Judicial Committee;

 

WHEREAS the Judicial committee’s duties include interpretation of the Constitution, Council Bylaws, elections procedures and all other rules and regulations of AGS;

 

WHEREAS an additional duty of the Judicial Committee is to determine the constitutionality of all legislation passed by AGS Council;

 

WHEREAS it is the responsibility of the Committee members to discharge these duties in a non-partisan, thoughtful manner and therefore it would behoove AGS if the Committee  possessed some training or familiarity with said duties;

 

WHEREAS the interests of AGS are best served if the Judicial Committee Members have no conflict as a voting member of AGS and the constitution calls for non-Council members to serve on the Judicial Committee to preserve the process from bias or partisanship;

 

WHEREAS AGS desires the Judicial Committee Members to be well-versed in representational government, constitutional interpretation, and legal proceedings;

 

LET IT THEREFORE BE RESOLVED that Sonya Goshe, because of her legal training, law degree, her advanced graduate student status in a non-stem school, lack of a council seat and genuine desire to be involved, meets the criteria required.

 

LET IT BE FURTHER RESOLVED that Sonya Goshe is appointed to the position of Member, Judicial Committee for the 2009-10 Academic term.