AAS Candidate Statements for 2024-2025 Senators
The Association of Amherst Students (AAS) will hold elections for eight senators for the class of 2028 on Friday, Sept. 20, from 12 a.m. to 11:59 p.m.
Senate
Senators, Audience Members React to AAS Impeachment Trial
After first-year senator Oscar Gosling ’27 resigned during his impeachment trial, the AAS’ second in less than a year, Gosling, senators, and spectators reflected on the trial and what it suggested about the state of the AAS.
Newly Elected Senators Outline Goals, Visions for the Future
Following a competitive election with 27 candidates, the elected senators reflect on their motivations for running, their goals for the upcoming semester, and their visions for the future of AAS.
AAS Candidate Statements for 2023-2024 Senators
The Association of Amherst Students (AAS) will hold elections for eight senators
in the class of 2027 and for one transfer student. The students listed have announced their candidacies for these elections.
Seeing Double: Pros and Cons of Court-Packing
In October 2020, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell made the controversial
decision to fill the seat of late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg with
Justice Amy Coney Barrett. The move gave Republican appointees a six out of nine
majority on the nation’s highest court, a balance that could
Abolishing the Filibuster May Have Unintended Consequences
In the wake of Democrats winning the House, Senate and White House, progressives
frustrated with the slow pace of legislative reforms have encouraged
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Senate to abolish the filibuster. This tactic unique to the U.S. Senate, which
has been