James D. Forrester wrote:
Saying "no", and that "we would call up" is... odd. You are not Jimbo. In fact, the number of people who are not Jimbo is quite astonishingly large. "You" will do no such thing as "call up" people. It is, has been, and seems likely to continue to be, Jimbo's Committee - after all, it is merely a delegation of his powers given committee form.
And indeed if we ever did have such a case (where a majority of the ArbCom felt it necessary to recuse) then we still have, as far as I know, the very reasonable ability for me to simply talk quietly with a number of people of good sense and then to do something ad hoc as per their recommmenation and generally satisfactory to all, whether it be make a decision in the case myself, call up past arbiters, form a special committee, call a community vote, etc.
--Jimbo