The ASUO Constitution Court voted to grant an injunction on the $45,000 allocated to OSPIRG by the ASUO Senate.
UO student Jake Gram filed a petition for review May 28 after the senate voted to fund OSPIRG $45,000 through the Climate Justice League. The senate re-voted to fund OSPIRG a week later. The court is currently on summer recess until August 11, however the court ruled Monday to grant Gram’s request for an injunction. Suspending OSPIRG, the Climate Justice League and any other parties from spending any of the allocated funds pending the release of the court’s decision on the petition for review.
OSPIRG Chair Hannah Picknell said that OSPIRG has not yet spent the money allocated by the ASUO Senate and she hopes that the issue is resolved soon.
ASUO Senator Andrew Lubash filed a motion for clarification with the court in favor of clarifying that the senate acted appropriately and dismissing injunction request.
“Given the exigent circumstances and the time sensitive nature of the Motion for Clarification and the Injunction, I will be pulling the Court out of recess on Monday to meet regarding both petitions,” Constitution Court Chief Justice Allison Apana said. “After weighing heavily the interests of all students involved and those whom these petitions may affect, I have decided that it is in the best interest for everyone involved to have these petitions heard and decided upon by the Court immediately.”
Apana said that the Court met Monday and that an opinion will be released in the next few days addressing both the petition for review and the motion for clarification.