Student Judicial Policies and Procedures
15. Impeachment and Removal of Justices
15.1 Impeachment proceedings against a student justice of any judiciary must be instituted through the Student Senate. Grounds for impeachment shall include:
- gross negligence or dishonesty in the carrying out of the justice’s judicial trust;
- severe infraction of University rules of conduct resulting in the application of a sanction of Jeopardy or above by a judicial entity; or
- actions by the justice during a judicial proceeding that serve to disrupt, make a mockery of, or otherwise cast disparagement on the role of the judiciary and its members.
15.2 Impeachment proceedings against a faculty justice of any judiciary must be instituted through the Faculty Senate. Grounds for impeachment shall include: (1) gross negligence or dishonesty in the carrying out of the justice’s judicial trust; or (2) actions by the justice during a judicial proceeding that serve to disrupt, make a mockery of, or otherwise cast disparagement on the role of the judiciary or its members.
15.3 Impeachment and removal procedures for Faculty and Student Justices are as follows:
15.3-1 A motion of impeachment must be presented by a senator requesting the Faculty or Student Senate, as appropriate, to appoint a hearing committee of senators to investigate allegations under the grounds for impeachment above.
15.3-2 Upon approval of said motion, the committee shall be charged to report to the respective Senate the results of its investigation of the allegations and its recommendation, if any, for action.
15.3-3 A two-thirds (2/3) vote of the total membership of the Faculty or Student Senate, as appropriate, shall be required for removal. Upon enactment of a removal vote, the justice in question shall cease all functions associated with the judiciary and shall be dropped from the membership of the judiciary.
15.4 Impeachment and removal proceedings against an administrator-justice of any judiciary must be instituted through the Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs. Grounds for impeachment shall be the same as those for a faculty justice cited above.
15.5 Impeachment and removal procedure against an administrator is as follows:
The Vice Chancellor shall appoint an ad hoc investigatory committee of not less than three (3) student affairs administrators. The committee shall be charged to report to the Vice Chancellor the results of its investigation of the allegations and its recommendation, if any, for action. The Vice Chancellor shall determine whether the administrator shall be removed. Upon a decision for removal, the justice in question shall cease all functions associated with the judiciary and shall be dropped from the membership of the judiciary.
Last Updated On: 8/19/07
