Even many current council members said they have not made up their minds about removing Burton from office, and so both sides are counting on their presentations in this Sunday's hearing to win council members to their side.

"It's going to be a matter of how tight a case is, and how it's argued," Driskell said.

The Bisexual, Gay, Lesbian, Transgender and Supporters Association (BGLTSA) executive board opposes Burton's impeachment, a factor which could sway some council voters. Those sponsoring the bill to remove Burton have accused him of taking buttons from BGLTSA without permission.

"Although the BGLTSA is being invoked as having our rights 'willfully and knowingly infringed upon' none of the sponsors of the articles of impeachment ever contacted the BGLTSA to hear exactly what we might want done about the matter," BGLTSA Vice-Chair Anna M. Baldwin '01 wrote in an e-mail message.

"This lack of concern seems to indicate that the sponsors' motives may actually have very little to do with the BGLTSA or the rights of student groups in general and much more to do with their own political agenda," she wrote.

Another advantage Burton will have may be the political associations of his opponents.