The University of Michigan’s Central Student Government held a special meeting over Zoom Monday evening to discuss member conduct and introduce an amendment to the CSG constitution.
The proposed amendment, CA 16-005, was the primary focus of the meeting. CA 16-005 would create a formal procedure for removing a current member of the CSG body via a two-thirds majority vote; without the amendment, removals would continue to be handled by the Central Student Judiciary.
The meeting began with community concerns. Rackham student Tyler Fioritto, CSG representative, claimed negative attention following an unsuccessful attempt to impeach him in February has affected his personal life. Fioritto said he feels the Assembly has displayed hypocrisy in its proceedings post-impeachment.
“I’ve had people literally come to my house and bang on my door … I’ve also had threats made against my life,” Fioritto said. “If it was really a democratic process here, there would be 45 empty seats, and I think that is the truest indictment of CSG. Regardless, I don’t care at this point, because I realized I’m not going to get through to you people. Some of you people are awful humans.”
Fioritto also raised concerns about the legitimacy of the CSG body — citing a failed, proposed recording ban — and said he believes the Assembly is failing in its duty to represent the students, and restricting student rights.
“At the end of the day, this is a failed institution,” Fioritto said. “If you don’t believe that, look at the turnout, or ask people their opinion of CSG. I guarantee you, you will get one of three responses: One: ‘what is CSG?’ Two: ‘I hate CSG.’ Or three: ‘I mean, I like the library thing, but other than that, I don’t know much about CSG.’ If that is the barometer we are working off of, then we have some problems.”
Following Fioritto’s comments, an anonymous statement sent to the Assembly was read aloud by LSA rising sophomore James Rosenthal, CSG secretary. The anonymous community member claimed that CA 16-004 is a second impeachment attempt of Fioritto, and defended the amendment as functionally identical to a traditional recall — per the CSG constitution.
“The only difference is the margin necessary for recall against the margin necessary for impeachment…rendered irrelevant by the fact that it is clear by the near-unanimous vote of the Assembly which led to Fioritto’s actual impeachment case that the Assembly as a whole, with respect to both vote margins does not wish Fioritto among their ranks any longer,” the statement read. “I would advise that the recall vote be passed, and that the duty be handed over to the Court that you trust to handle these cases.”
In response, LSA rising senior Aidan Burke, CSG student general counsel, clarified that all constitutional amendments supersede the judgement of the CSJ. If passed, the amendment would appear on the 2026 Fall CSG election ballot to be voted on by the student body. If approved, the amendment will then be enacted by the Assembly.
A motion was then introduced to move CA 16-005 into the business section of the meeting, allowing it to be considered by student representatives. The motion passed, with one objection raised by Fioritto.
In the introductions section of the meeting, resolution AR 16-032, Supplemental Accountability Measures, was introduced, which would allow for CA 16-005 to be added to the CSG compiled code, should the constitutional amendment pass a vote by the student body. AR 16-032 was referred to the Rules Committee.
Finally, the Assembly moved on to the business portion of the meeting for discussion and voting on CA 16-005. Fioritto proposed the amendment be referred to both the Rules and Communications Committees, and requested a roll call vote. After the vote, quorum had not been met and a motion to adjourn — after which any standing bills would be automatically re-referred to the Rules Committee— was made. Following brief deliberation, the meeting was adjourned.
Summer Senior News Editor Caleb Obico can be reached at cobico@umich.edu.
