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The court will be setting a date for Dias v. Thongsavat, a governmental suit against the office of the President

ASUCD President Jack Zwald has nominated Rudy Ornelas to the post of Chief Justice. Ornelas has previously served as an Associate Justice.

Three other persons were nominated for Associate Justice. Assuming all are confirmed, Justice Koo will resign from the Court.

The Court will meet in the Mee Room at 8 pm. This will be Acting Chief Justice Koo's final meeting before his resignation which is scheduled upon the confirmation of his successor on March 3.

The Court met in the Mee Room at 8 pm. Acting Chief Justice Koo presided. Miller was absent.

The Court approved Judicial Directive 14, replacing the line of succession in the event that offices of Chief Justice and Vice Chief Justice are simultaneously vacant. There were no objections.

Due to an anticipated lack of quorum, this meeting is cancelled. The Court has no pending business. Its next scheduled meeting is Wednesday, February 23, 2011.

The Court met in the Mee Room at 8 pm. Acting Chief Justice Koo presided. All members were present. President Zwald walked in to give Koo a high-five. The President informed the Court that there were five applicants for the two associate justice vacancies, and two applicants for the Chief Justice vacancy.

The Court considered a motion to amend the judicial codes brought forth by Koo to amend Judicial Codes 401(3) and 403(3) to change the frequency of the Court meeting. The proposed amendment would only required a meeting every other week, except that the Court would meet every week the two weeks before, the week of, and the two weeks after a general election. Clark brought forth concerns that reducing the frequency of the Court's meeting would reduce the Court's legitimacy; she noted that the other branches meet weekly. Koo said that the other branches have business that require them to meet weekly. Sidhu was concerned that less frequent meetings would make Court members less serious about the Court. Koo noted that he brought forth these changes out of concern that the amount of business before the Court is very small, and continuing to hold weekly meetings around the elections period, when most cases come before the Court, should suffice. Ziyeh agreed, stating that it would be better to consider more business at one meeting, rather than having what is usually just ten minutes of business each week.

The motion was seconded by Clark. There were no objections to the motion and the changes to the judicial codes were adopted. The only meeting this affects for the winter quarter is the 10th week meeting just before finals week.

The Court met in the Mee Room at 8 pm. Acting Chief Justice Koo presided. All members were present. President Zwald walked in to give Koo a high-five.

Associate Justice Jeremy Koo, currently the Acting Chief Justice, tendered his resignation to ASUCD President Jack Zwald today. It will be effective March 1 or the confirmation of his successor, whichever is later.

The Court met in the Mee Room at 8 pm. Acting Chief Justice Koo presided. All members were present.

The Court focused its time examining the current situation of the Elections Committee. It current has only two members, and cannot reach a quorum. It has no chair, but a recently passed bylaw allows them to choose an interim chair from amongst themselves. Any selection of a new chair is governed by Chapter 5 of the bylaws mandating minimum time periods for posting the availability of the chair position. A delay in achieving quorum at this late stage of the elections process risks the Elections Committee being unable to sit as a court for elections committee violations. The Court will inform the Senate of the danger at its meeting tomorrow.

Outreach Assembly Speaker Sabrina Dias brought chips and muffins from her meeting for the Court to enjoy.

The Court met in the Mee Room at 8 pm. Acting Chief Justice Koo presided. Clark (ill) and Seche (excused) were absent, and a quorum was not established. It was informally agreed that at the next meeting the Court would begin a study of the bylaws to examine scenarios for conflicts that could involve the Court. Outreach Assembly Speaker Sabrina Dias stopped by to say hello.

The Court met in the Mee Room at 8 pm but moved to the Angelina Malfitano Conference Room at the request of Campus Unions. Acting Chief Justice Koo presided. Seche (excused), Sidhu (ill), and Ziyeh (ill) were absent, and a quorum was not established. It was informally agreed that the Court would hold a pizza party in former Chief Justice Whitney's honor.

The Court met in the Coffee House for its first meeting of Winter Quarter at 8 pm. Acting Chief Justice Koo presided. Seche was absent (excused). The first order of business was to elect a Vice Chief Justice for Winter Quarter. Koo was the only candidate nominated. There were no objections to his election.

For the remainder of the quarter, the Court will meet in the Mee Room at 8 pm on Wednesdays.

Chief Justice Missy Whitney resigned from the Court, citing her impending graduation. The Vice Chief Justice shall serve as Acting Chief Justice until a replacement is selected. The current Acting Chief Justice is Jeremy Koo.

David Karimi has been removed from the Court due to his graduation.

There are now two Associate Justice vacancies and one Chief Justice vacancy.

Nothing of note occurred. The Court heard no cases and no vacancies were filled.

The Court met at 8 pm in Wellman Hall Room 109. Vice Chief Justice Koo presided. Clark (excused), Seche (excused), and Sidhu (unexcused) were absent. Five justices were present (Whitney, C.J.; Koo, Karimi, Miller, and Ziyeh, JJ.)

Koo announced that he had visited the Senate last Thursday and noted that the Senate seemed excited about the new shirts. Word of the chosen slogan had spread around the executive office.

The Chief Justice apologized for not having a quote available, owing to her duties as a manager in the just-opened Coffee House.

Koo had also just come from visiting the Outreach Assembly and proposed the Court have a round of "Rose and Thorn," where each member picks a good event and bad event of the previous week to tell the group. The Court proceeded to do so.

Koo said that next week, if he had time during the week, he would give a presentation about a previous case. Miller remarked it would be good to improve our understanding of own our precedents.

Adjourned at 8:45 pm.

The Court met at 8 pm in Wellman Hall Room 109. Vice Chief Justice Koo presided. Justice Seche was absent (excused). Seven justices were present (Whitney, C.J.; Koo, Karimi, Miller, Clark, Sidhu, and Ziyeh, JJ.)

The vacancy to the Court had not been posted at meeting time.

Koo announced that between the last meeting and this meeting, it was discovered that the Judicial Directives were not ported when the ASUCD website was updated. A copy was found on the ASUCD server through a search of the Internet Archive and distributed to all the justices.

Koo proposed two changes to the judicial directives:

Judicial Directive 13: Repealing Judicial Directive 2 relating to the creation of a voluminous ASUCD Court binder and replacing it with an electronic copy of the same so as to reduce paper use; also replaced outdated references to the ASUCD Government Codes and Standing Orders, which are now simply the Bylaws.

Judicial Directive 12-1: Amending Judicial Directive 12 to fix a typographical error, the phrase "Lady Liberty" is now "Lady Justice."

Both proposals were adopted without objection.

The Court considered whether to use staff development funds to fund the printing of new Court t-shirts, as no new shirt had been made in two years. The Court came to a consensus around a slogan to be printed on the shirts if made, "ASUCD Court: We matter."

Koo moved to have the Chief Justice obtain a quote for the creation of the shirts. The motion was adopted without objection.

Adjourned at 8:38 p.m.

The Court sat for its 2010-11 term at its first official meeting Wednesday September 29 at 8 pm in Wellman Hall Room 109. The meeting was called to order at 8:12pm. Chief Justice Whitney and Justices Miller, Karimi, Koo, Sidhu, and Ziyeh were present. Justice Clark arrived at 8:20 pm. Justice Seche was excused.

The Chief Justice announced that she intends to remain Chief Justice through fall quarter and that she desires to give any justice that desires it a chance to run a meeting this quater. Justice Koo agreed to run the meeting next week.

The Court elected a Vice Chief for the Fall 2010 quarter. Justices Koo and Miller were nominated. By secret ballot, Justice Koo was elected.

The Court entered closed session to draw up questions for interviewees for the vacant associate justice position.

There was no old business. Announcements included the formation of a UC Davis Mock Trial team, Friday movies in the quad at 8, and the Coffee House will be opening in October. The Court adjourned at 8:57 pm.

Justice Ryan Meyerhoff was confirmed by the Senate to the office of Elections Committee Chair, prompting his resignation from the Court.

Justice Ryan Meyerhoff has been nominated to become Elections Committee Chair. If confirmed, he will resign his office on that day, scheduled for the first Senate meeting of Fall quarter, September 23.

In a per curiam order, the Court did not hold its regular meeting as there was no business to attend to. The Court rose from its 2009-10 term with no matters pending before the Court. The 2010-11 term will begin September 20, 2010 and the Court will hold its first regular meeting the week of Monday, September 27, 2010.

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