Marketed as a safeguard for accountability, the proposed Judicial Council instead concentrates power, ignores conflicts of interest, and masks deeper failures of administrative competence within Undergraduate Student Government.
In a 6–1 vote, College Council affirmed that Nevin Hall’s impeachment from several USG positions last year restricted him from taking office as a representative.
Hall—who was impeached and removed from several USG positions last year—is the only candidate on the ballot in this week’s elections for two vacant College Council seats, but whether he will be permitted to take office is unclear.
Following his removal from Student Government, Nevin Hall breaks his silence to clarify the motivations behind his actions, defend the principles that guided his decisions, and emphasize a need for reform.
Nevin Hall, the vice president of student organizations and chair of the Elections & Rules Committee, as well as three other elections committee members were impeached on May 7 after they allegedly attempted to change USG bylaws to consolidate power, denied RSO funding based on personal biases, and planned to invalidate the results of the spring 2025 USG elections.
