By Joel Krautter, Published in the Laurel Outlook on January 21. 2025. As the Montana Legislature meets again, a handful of Republicans are promoting bills to change the way that Montanans elect our judges. These Republicans want to change judicial elections from...
Essay by Constance Van Kley, an Assistant Professor at the Blewett School of Law at the University of Montana. January 2, 2025 – State Court Report Like all constitutions, the Montana Constitution is a creature of compromise, spinning a web of rights and powers...
Evan Barrett March 30, 2023 In contravention of the Montana Constitution, the supermajority Republican legislature and a series of business lobbying groups are placing themselves above the voice of the Montana people. Our 1889 and 1972 Constitutions not only limit the...
No community in Montana more scrupulously attends to civil liberties than a Montana University System campus. So I was disturbed by comments last week supporting HB 517, proposing a constitutional referendum to let the legislature, not the regents, set the parameters...
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