In four pages of 12 sections, the UW-Madison Student Judiciary handed down what hopefully spells the end of challenges to the Student Union Initiative victory.
The unanimous decision to throw out the case indicates that the Student Judiciary sees the situation as clearly as this editorial board.
As initially recognized, Elliott should have filed a complaint with SUI before students cast votes. Take note for the spring elections, Elliott: Section four of the judgement explains, ""The correct process, then, to challenge the placement of an illegal initiative by the SJ would be to file a complaint prior to the election.""
The SJ further recognized that the advisory nature of SUI in the allocation of non-allocable segregated fees fell within constitutional limits. Even the language of the referendum made this clear: It asked students to ""support the... plan proposal and the segregated fee increase to help fund it.""
Lastly, the SJ dismissed Elliott's ridiculous allegations of false advertising and illegal use of mass e-mails to reach students. Hopefully, any remaining petitioners read the SJ's decision and abstain from another unecessary court debacle.
