In creating these Bylaws, the SBA Senate wishes to guard against the abuse of judicial authority and expresses its intent that the Supreme Court is limited to only those powers granted to it by the SBA legislative branch via the SBA Constitution and associated Bylaws. A member of the Supreme Court may not serve on the Court and simultaneously as a member of the SBA Executive Board, SBA Senate, or the Student Honor Council. The SBA Supreme Court was established to resolve issues of alleged violations of the SBA Constitution, Bylaws, Acts or Rules. The SBA Supreme Court, and not the Honor Council, is the appropriate body to decide these matters where no honor code violation is alleged. The SBA Supreme Court should not and may not rule on the substance of SBA decisions.
Political issues are to be decided by the legislative and executive branches.
The SBA Supreme Court may only decide whether the rules and procedures have been properly followed. Petitioning the Court 1. All students of the University of Miami School of Law are SBA members. Only SBA Members may file an action with the SBA Supreme Court. No member of the faculty, staff or administration has standing to petition the Court.