In re Speaker Election

In re Speaker Election, 16-007 (2016) was a Supreme Court of Saginaw Valley case that attempted to clarify the process for electing the Speaker of the Association. After the Association amended the Student Association By-Laws to codify the process, the case was dismissed as improvidently granted. It was the first opinion released by the court.

For years, the practice of electing the speaker raised certain questions, because the vote was held before the Representatives took office. Questions included: In 2016, the association amended the by-laws to include the phrase: "The Association Elect shall be bound to the Charter."
 * May Representatives not yet in office cast votes?
 * Who should preside over the speaker election when the speaker (not yet elected) is supposed to preside over association meetings?
 * Who should serve as Student Association Parliamentarian during the meeting to elect the speaker?