1 senator, 1 executive board member survive impeachment

After hearing two petitions, Sunday, Nov. 22, the justice court submitted its opinion to Senate Monday, Nov. 23.

In the matter of Brown v. Jensen, where Liberal Arts Senator Nathaniel Brown was requesting At Large Senator Tate Jensen be impeached from Senate for too many unexcused absences, the Court found in favor of Jensen. Brown claimed that Jensen tallied three unexcused absences, one of which occurred at the general assembly on Friday, Nov. 13. Senators are only allowed two unexcused absences.

The court found in favor of Jensen saying that anyone who missed the general assembly was excused of that absence due to the fact that the general assembly was supposed to take place within two weeks of Homecoming and didn’t.

Jensen will still have two unexcused absences on his record. The constitution does not give procedures of what to do when a senator has tallied the third unexcused.

In the matter of Hurley v. Evtodieva, where Senate President Katrina Hurley was requesting the impeachment of Vice Chair of Programming Maria Evtodieva, alleging that Evtodieva was not fulfilling her duties as vice chair of programming.

The court found in favor of Evtodieva saying that Hurley has to provide clear and convincing evidence to impeach Evtodieva and that was not accomplished.

The court said that there are no specific guidelines in the CAB bylaw for members of the executive board. The court said there was not enough clear and convincing evidence that Evtodieva was not doing her job.