The ASUO Senate entertained a motion to remove Justice Cedar Cosner from the University’s Constitution Court Wednesday night.
At the end of spring term 2012, ASUO Sen. Lindy Mabuya voiced her frustration about the appointment of  Cosner because he was the only applicant. Mabuya urged the Senate to reevaluate the situation and recommended that then president Ben Eckstein spend additional time advertising the open position in order to bring a more diverse set of applicants to the table.
“In the event that the only person who has applied is well qualified, you will not hear my object,” Mabuya said. “I have more to lose than I have to gain. This is not about me. I have nothing to gain, but we must right a wrong.”
Justice Cosner and most senators didn’t believe there was enough evidence  of wrongdoing to remove Cosner.
Mabuya’s main evidence was when she reportedly saw an exchange of money happening at a party hosted at Cosner’s house between then ASUO Senate President Harlan Mechling and ASUO Sen. Ben Bowman.
Many senators were quick to question the validity of what was seen at the party.
“From my perspective this appears to be more about me and my running mate Lamar Wise, this isn’t about Cosner,” Sen. Ben Bowman said. “You seeing an exchange of money is absolutely false. That makes my blood boil.”
Justice Cosner was unsure of what he was actually being accused of.
“If you read the original e-mail that was sent out, it is framed merely as an accusation,” Cosner said. “There had been no investigation of proof that I did anything wrong.”
After both Mabuya and Cosner were sent out of the room so the senate could discuss its vote, senators were unsatisfied by the lack of evidence and upset by the amount of accusations.
“There was nothing cited that there was nothing fulfilled. If [Mabuya] wants to refile, fine, let’s do it again in a couple of weeks,” Bowman said.
As the entire body reconvened, senate voted to keep Cosner on Constitution Court by a vote of 0-14-0.
After the meeting Mabuya reacted to the vote.
“I feel satisfied that I finished something that I started regardless of the results,” Mabuya said. “I did the best that I could do. It is what it was. I just appreciate the fact that there was a healthy conversation about the issue and the result that came about was one that everyone could be happy about.”