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...This is why I take every opportunity to publicly guffaw in the face of Conservative Party Leader William Hague. This just reassures the public that indeed, the smarter man is running the government. It also makes Hague seem like a laughable little insect, instead of a rather devastating parliamentarian...
...Dreben was also an active member of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS), serving as the body's parliamentarian during the tumultuous years of the late 1960s, when he argued for open debate between students and Faculty members over contentious issues like draft deferment and the 1969 student strike...
While occupying the chair, Burton stood alone at the podium, as council Secretary Jean E. Huang '03 and Parliamentarian Alexander A. Boni-Saenz '01were absent from the meeting...
...Council parliamentarian Alexander A. Boni-Saenz '01 made very few procedural rulings, none of them involving constitutional issues such as those raised by Burton's impeachment...
...meager 20 minutes that council President Fentrice D. Driskell '01 and parliamentarian Alex A. Boni-Saenz '01 allotted for the entire discussion reflected a complete lack of proportion and would have skewed the procedure in Burton's favor had council members not intervened. The repeated suspension of the bylaws by two-thirds majorities of the council demonstrates that the rules were arbitrary, poorly crafted and not well adapted for this setting. These procedural flaws were only compounded by the general lack of decorum and attention paid by many council members...