Browsing: Baylor Student Court

At the foundation of the United States’ government is the system of checks and balances. It is laid out in the U.S. Constitution, a document in which the Baylor Student Body Constitution declares itself to be under. Under such a system, there is a separation of powers.

Students voted Houston junior Pearson Brown student body president for the 2015-16 school year in a runoff election today. Brown defeated Frisco sophomore James Porter by a margin of 1,555 to 912 votes.

Student government has been quite “popular” recently with the case of McCahill, Hardy v. Kinghorn. I’ll be the first to admit there were mistakes in the interpretation of the governing documents from the Senate Executive Council, but how can the court in good conscience issue such a verdict when their entire operation is in conflict?

I am a bit surprised by the outrage on social media after the Student Court’s decision in McCahill, Hardy v. Kinghorn. In my opinion, the court’s 22-page analysis showed a high level of judicial knowledge and careful weighing of the evidence. The court ruled on specific violations of the Constitution and Senate bylaws