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Show Chronicle - Page Two Tuesday, December 6, 1988 -- New justices coinfident, eager By Scott Stone Chronicle ASUU reporter . ASUU President Mike Kaly recently nominated six justices to the ASUU Supreme Court, and Mark Quinn, the newly appointed chief justice, said he is eager to begin operating the judicial branch of the student government. . Quinn, who is a senior majoring in English and economics, was also a member of last year's court. ... Accompanying Quinn on the court are Justices Hannah Horsley, Eric Davidson, Dorlee Collins, Brett Croft and James Wilson. Quinn said he feels confident about the appointed justices and said they will be able to work together effectively. Kaly said he based his selections on honesty and sincerity. "In the group of applications I received, there seemed to a certain level of integrity that I saw with the people I chose," he noted. Kaly added he is pleased that this year's court will be composed of more than "your average law students." He said it's beneficial for, the court to be diverse because it represents a diversity of people. Quinn said becoming a Supreme Court justice was a natural step for him. "I have served as attorney general, so I was excited to see what it was like on the other side of the bench," he explained. Quinn said he feels he is qualified to serve as chief "As a justice because he is objective and justice, you have to have the ability to divorce yourself away from the case and the people involved and look specifically at the issues. "Most people don't realize the large amount of time that is often put in on a case," he noted, explaining the court does not review cases every day. But when a case is brought before the court, the justices spend many days working on it. fair-minde- d. Quinn said when a case is filed with the court, the justices first decide whether the case falls under its jurisdiction. Too often does the court sit down to hear a case and the dispute is over something completely different." If the court decides the case falls under its jurisdiction, the justices look at specific issues and try to find out exactly what is involved with the case. "There are many reasons a student or group could ask for a ruling, but usually it's a constitutional question or just the need for a clarification of existing ASUU policies," Quinn said. Davidson, a newly appointed justice, said he is pleased to be appointed to the court because he feels he can help the U. He added he is suited to be a justice because he is analytical and a problem solver and has a law enforcement background. Such a background is helpful because many of the cases that come before the court are controversial. Past . court decisions include a case involving the Continuum student newspaper, an ASUU presidential veto and ASUU election disputes. The court ruled on a dispute last year on who was of the Continuum. Staff really the editor-in-chimembers of the student newspaper were in disagreement on who should be the editor of the paper. The court decided to dismiss the case after both sides agreed to sit down and discuss their differences. Another decision made by the court overturned former ASUU President Jacque Morgan's veto of an ASUU Assembly bill. Morgan vetoed the bill based on y the veto clause- found in the Redbook. Opponents filed a case saying the veto was unconstituveto clause in tional because it was against the seven-da- y the ASUU Constitution. The court ruled the'constitution should have precedence over Redbook policies. ' ef - 10-da- cousins from page one Cousins said a world federation would require some form of enforcement, as well as a means of "interpreting laws in the interest of justice." The processes of glasnost and perestroika currently taking place in the Soviet. Union offer the United States a unique opportunity to improve world relations, Cousins said. "In the last 45 years American leaders have always said, 'if only there could be a fundamental change in the Soviet Union; that they could become less belligerent and more democratic' Now we have a design from Secretary Gorbachev that meets that (idea)," he explained. Cousins stressed it was up to U.S. leaders to allow Gorbachev to move his country's emphasis away from the military and toward domestic improvement. 'There are those forces in the United States which prefer Russian hostility to Russian friendship for military spending," he said. 'They (the U.S. forces) are a mirror image of the forces opposing Gorbachev's reforms in the Soviet Union."Above all, Cousins decried the "insanity" of the superpowers current nuciear siocKpiies. in a aramatic analogy, he compared the United States and Soviet Union to two men in an inflatable life raft, each threatening to drill a hole in the bottom. The current U.S.r nuclear stockpile is particularly alarming in view of President Eisenhower's warnings that the United States could become a "military complex," Cousins said. "Military spending has become institutionalized," he added. "We (the U.S.) can destroy every, city in the world seven times over. Last year we built 2500 new nuclear bombs. Do you feel secure?" Cousins asked the gatheri- v ngIn spite of his fateful observations, the crusader for peace concluded his lecture on an optimistic note. "Literacy through the world is growing. We were fihlfi tn nnnmifir smallnnx. We!re now in a Xnosition to L 1 abolish war," he said. , IM WMT WW1 &(M$M f .vjww.w.: AW f, frv.V J. if CLEANING Here's this, little mum. Be sure, however, to include another vital tactic in your regiment of dental hygiene, regular visits to . a Dental Hygienist. Preferably an appetizing thought while you're reading snake-lik- e creatures are multiplying, growing and spreading all over your teeth. 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