The ASWSU Judicial Board unanimously ruled the International Student Council (ISC) president’s removal of a programming officer to be unconstitutional at a hearing yesterday.

“These transgressions are sufficient to warrant impeachment proceedings if deemed necessary by the ASWSU Senate,” said Justice Dalvin Yarbrough.

Former ISC programming officer Leslie Rocha Roman is entitled to reinstatement based on the board’s ruling. She said her removal was based on miscommunication rather than any inability to perform her duties. Roman said ISC President Kevin Lindquist removed her under the “J Clause” of the ISC’s constitution.

Under the J Clause, the ISC president has the ability to “implement executive action without having a vote on the matter with other executives.”

The clause is excessive and impetuous, Yarbrough said. The J Clause is in direct violation of the bylaws.

Roman acted as the petitioner at the Judicial Board hearing. There was no respondent present to represent the ISC.

Roman said illness and death in her family may have contributed to a change in her demeanor but she was still performing her duties. She said another ISC member told her Lindquist thought it was directed at him. Roman said she emailed Lindquist explaining her situation and tried to meet with him but the meeting never took place.

Roman said she never had the chance to explain herself before she was removed from office.

“We believe that (Roman) should be reinstated simply upon the fact that her termination was unconstitutional in the first place,” Yarbrough said. “It should not have happened.”

Yarbrough also recommended the Senate Internal Committee review the ISC constitution to ensure the rest of it is in line with ASWSU’s constitution and bylaws.

Yarbrough said an impeachment hearing of the ISC president can proceed after a two-thirds vote from the senate. He also said the decision was passed per curiam, meaning his delivery of the ruling was representative of the entire board, not just himself.

At the senate’s meeting last night a bill was passed outlining the structure of the constitution and bylaws and Revision Committee. The bill mandates the ASWSU president forms the committee every four years beginning in the fall semester of 2020 to review the constitution and the bylaws for any inconsistencies. All-Campus Senator Kyle Simonson sponsored the bill. He said this committee is important because it will gather input from multiple parts of ASWSU to eliminate biases in revisions.

Arts and Science Senator Austin Brown and All-Campus Senator Josue Zuniga were skeptical of the committee’s effectiveness.

“There is no way to guarantee this committee would do a thorough job of reviewing the bylaws,” Brown said.

The bill passed with one vote against.

The Senate also passed a bill allowing delegates to author bills and resolutions as long as they have sponsorship from two senators. Freshman delegate Seth Michel authored the bill. It was amended to list him as a sponsor because he did not have the power to author bills until it was passed.