The Undergraduate Student Government (USG) Supreme Court issued a decree threatening to suspend the USG Senate if it does not resolve violations from last week's meeting.

If Senate does not comply with an agenda the court has specified for tomorrow night's meeting, Senate could be abolished until students elect the new Congress in March.

The agenda set by the court for the beginning of Tuesday's meeting orders the Senate to vote on the appointment of associate justice candidate Evan Yudell, take minutes during closed sessions and comply with all other governing documents within USG.

The decree also states that even if the Senate complies with the court's order tomorrow night, "Senate and related individual members may be forwarded for further consequences."

According to the decree, the court and USG Academic Assembly may impose "additional sanctions and investigations ... for the USG Senate must be held responsible for their actions."

Senate President Bridget Van Osten said she expects the body will comply with the decree issued on Friday.

"I'm sure Senate's going to follow the agenda," she said. "We would all rather be working for students instead of dealing with internal [issues]."

Penn State Young Americans for Freedom (YAF) Chair Sean Clark said Friday's order against the Senate shows that the court will not "tolerate their anarchy."

"They're too busy fighting amongst themselves to do anything constructive for the student body," Clark said.

One Senate violation stems from last week's meeting when the Senate defied a court order to approve or deny Yudell, an associate justice candidate.

That was the second week in a row Senate postponed the vote. Some senators felt it would be a conflict of interest to approve a justice who could vote on a pending YAF suit against them in the USG Supreme Court.

YAF filed suit on Jan. 17 after Senate closed the public from its Jan. 14 meeting to discuss a senator's expulsion.

USG meetings can only be closed to discuss paid personnel and legal matters, according to the USG constitution. The hearing for the YAF case is scheduled for Feb. 17.

Since the YAF suit, the court has ordered Senate to record minutes of all closed sessions. The Senate violated this injunction as well at last week's meeting when a closed session was called to discuss legal matters.

Taylor Rhodes, USG Supreme Court chief justice, would not comment further on the judicial decree except to say it is important students have access to the Senate and court-related documents.

"We're pretty much letting the decree speak for itself," he said.