It’s official: The FUSA Judicial branch has been dissolved, as of this past Sunday night.
According to Senator Darryl Brackeen Jr. ‘10, the decision to dissolve the judicial branch was made because of the responsibilities appointed to the branches.
“This process has been talked about going back to the time when the Student Code of Conduct Board was given the assignment that had essentially been under the FUSA Judicial Branch and that was the primary job of the judicial,” said Brackeen, who co-wrote the changes with fellow Senator Matthew Morrissey ‘13.
This year, then, the only job of the judicial branch was to run the FUSA elections, with one member of the branch, appointed by the FUSA president, acting as commissioner, according to Brackeen.
The new clause states that with the dissolution of the judicial branch, three members of the legislative branch will make up the new FUSA Election Committee. The clause includes the involvement of the class councils in order to include the executive branch as well.
“I personally believe, looking at the history of the judicial branch there was no accountability to anyone and for the most part the branch set themselves part from FUSA,” said Brackeen.
“So I believe that these changes are ultimately for the best considering each branch has rules of conduct and accountability amongst the branches,” he continued.
A separate clause was also created in addition to the others to establish how the new Election Committee will be nominated with the establishment of an Election Committee Nomination Board. According to the clause, the board “will be composed of four Senators selected by Chair of Senate (one from each class) and four Class Council members selected by their respective class presidents (one from each class).”
Brackeen and Morrissey teamed up with the rest of the Senate to create the new clauses.
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