Supreme Court Explained: Barrett Confirmation Bucks Tradition, Underscores Party Divide

By Reece Nations, Managing Editor WASHINGTON, D.C. – In its more than 230 years of existence, the United States Senate has confirmed 126 Supreme Court nominations and more than 500 Cabinet nominations as a legislative body, according to senate.gov.  While the confirmation powers of the Senate are bestowed by the U.S. Constitution, historians point out Supreme Court nominations in recent years have shifted away from […]

SGASC Opinion: Cotton, Berger Reinstated

REPRESENTATIVES JOHN RODDY Pace and William Echols on left for Stovall; on right, representative Sean Buckley for Cotton. Luke Cotton and Jill Berger have been reinstated as Student Body President and Vice-President of Internal Affairs for the Student Government Association, as ordered by the Texas Tech Student Government Association Supreme Court. The vote was 4-2, […]

Video: Cotton v. Stovall (2013)

Here’s a briefer rundown of the Texas Tech University Student Government Association Supreme Court’s hearing on Cotton v. Stovall (2013). The Supreme Court consists of Tiffany Montemayor, Andrew Robertson, Michael Uryasz, Ralston Rollo, Michelle Meyer, and Keith Scioli. The representative for Luke Cotton is Sean Buckley (3L), and the representatives for Forrest Stovall are John Roddy […]

Procedure Wars: Cotton v. Stovall

The Texas Tech Student Supreme Court will render an opinion this weekend on Cotton v. Stovall, the latest installment of the 2013-14 election dispute. Chief Justice Ralston Rollo said to expect it before the court-ordered injunction on election campaigning is set to expire at 11:59 p.m. Sunday. The Hunt Courtroom in the Texas Tech School […]

Cotton v. Stovall: Yes, We Have A Supreme Court

The “fate” of the Texas Tech Student Government Association will fall to the judicial branch of student government tonight, March 7, at 8 p.m. in the Hunt Courtroom in the Texas Tech School of Law. The student Supreme Court will be hearing Cotton v. Stovall (2013) then, the appellate case in the past week’s election […]

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