But the most frequently cited reason for reforming the constitution was the impeachment of Burton, which triggered an exhaustive debate about the constitutionality of such a proceeding.
Members disagreed vigorously about whether the constitution--which was amended to allow the recall of council officers by student petition--also allows council members to bring impeachment legislation without such a petition.
At the end of the contentious impeachment hearing, council members and observers agreed on only one thing--that the constitution's wording needed to be clarified.
The Visible Hand of Brian Smith
But others see the committee as a vehicle by which the council can solve some of its nagging problems, such as student apathy and ineffectiveness in lobbying administrators. In this category, enter Brian R. Smith '02.
Smith, who championed bringing ROTC back to campus and focusing the council on student services as a council member last year, decided not to run for re-election out of frustration with what he calls the council's ineptitude.
But he jumped at the chance to serve on the Constitutional Committee to take a shot at correcting the council's structural problems.
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