The Student Government Senate on Wednesday passed a bill 30-2 that eliminates an amendment that gave the president of Iowa State University the authority to confirm members of the Supreme Court.

A student becomes a member of the Supreme Court after the Student Government president appoints and Senate confirms said nominee. Previously, the ISU president also had the authority to confirm a nominee to the Supreme Court. However, this bill removes that power.

“[Senators] traditionally always [confirm nominees], so there’s no need for the [university] president to have that power,” said Sen. Cole Button.

Button said he notified President Steven Leath of the amendment and he is comfortable with the decision.

The Senate also lost a member when David Moore was confirmed by the Senate with a vote of 31 to zero as a member of the executive cabinet.

Moore was nominated as the director of special events by the president and vice-president of Student Government after the previous director resigned.

President Dan Breitbarth said Moore’s duties will entail spring events such as Cyclone Market and Big 12 on the Hill. Breitbarth also said they will attempt to bring back an event with the ideals of Veishea.

“We want to work a lot on bringing back alumni influence, community outreach and collaboration between colleges,” Breitbarth said. “We want to bring back what Veishea lost.”

Moore said one of his goals is to bring back the parade that traditionally took place during Veishea.

“A lot of alumni like to come back for that and re-live their glory days, so we want give them an opportunity to come back to something like that,” Moore said.

Moore also said he hopes to make Cyclone Market a more collaborative event between the committees on the senate in an effort to make it bigger and better.

The Senate also approved a bill 27 to 5 that affected the senators’ working meetings.

The working meetings are meant to improve the efficiency of the weekly Senate meeting.

Speaker of the Senate Ben Crawford said he did not like that the meetings were mandatory, but would rather hold them as it’s needed.

“It’s unnecessary and undue burden on [senators] who have to do a lot already,” Crawford said.

The bill was waved through first and second read and into overall discussion. The bill was amended so working meetings, when called before the end of the regular senate meeting the week prior, will be mandatory for senators to attend.

Riley Alexander, a junior in biochemistry, was named as the senate’s clerk after a unanimous consent from the senators.

Alexander said he was excited for his new position.

“I think it’s interesting, plus it’s cool to see the changes happening on campus,” Alexander said.

Button was named as a member of Senate’s rules committee after earning a unanimous vote.