No.

16-008

IN THE

Supreme Court of Saginaw Valley

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BRYAN THUMME,
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Petitioner

PETITION FOR A WRIT OF CERTIORARI

QUESTION PRESENTED
Does Resolution No. 2015-06, otherwise known as the
Resolution to grant the President power to put Represenatives
(sic) and Chairs up for review, insofar as it relates to
Representatives, violate a separation of powers doctrine within
the Student Association Charter?
Does Article I, Section 3, 1.3.5 of the Bylaws, which states,
The Speaker shall carry out directives assigned by the
President... violate a separation of powers doctrine within the
Student Association Charter?
Is there a separation of powers doctrine within the Student
Association?
To which branch do officers of the Association belong?

LEGAL ARGUMENT
Up until this past month, the President did not have the
power to directly discipline Representatives in the legislative
branch of the Association because of a respected separation of
powers doctrine implied in the Student Association Charter.
The Bylaws (not the Charter) also allow the President to
direct the Speaker, the head of the legislative branch.
The Charter contains several implications of a separation of
powers doctrine, including:
1.) the word Executive in the title of Article II.
2.) Article II, Section 2, which states that the President is
an ex-officio member of the Association, implying that the
Association (legislative branch) is a separate branch from that
of the Executive.
3.) Article I, Section 6, Subsection 4, which restricts the
President from presiding over meetings of the Association.

CONCLUSION
The petition should be granted.
Respectfully submitted,
BRYAN THUMME
April 25, 2016