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News

March 25, 2025 / News

1972 ConCon Delegates Announce Opposition to Partisan Judges for Montana

March 19, 2025 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 1972 CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION (CON CON) DELEGATES ANNOUNCE OPPOSITION TO PARTISAN JUDGES FOR MONTANA (Helena,...
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March 10, 2025 / News

Jeff Rupp, Con Con Intern, Passes

Jeff Rupp, who served as an intern at the 1972 Montana Constitutional Convention, passed away on February 20, 2025. Jeff...
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February 14, 2025 / News

Montana Constitution Rally

Photos by Thom Bridge of the Independent Record February 13, 2025 in Helena, Montana Marc Racicot speaks at a rally...
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January 6, 2025 / News, Opinion

A Constitution Unique to Montana and Uniquely Montanan

Essay by Constance Van Kley, an Assistant Professor at the Blewett School of Law at the University of Montana. January...
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November 20, 2024 / News

“Friends of the Montana Constitution” Hires Staff

November 20, 2024 - FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Billings, MT – Friends of the Montana Constitution, an independent nonprofit, has retained...
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Opinion

May 4, 2025 / Opinion

Individual Dignity Guaranteed for All Montanans

By Dorothy Bradley, First Published in the Montana Standard and Helena Independent Record on May 3, 2025 Bob Brown and...
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Bob Brown
April 22, 2025 / Opinion

From Legislative Secrecy to Constitutional Sunlight

By Bob Brown, Published in The Daily Montanan on April 17, 2025 and in The Western News on April 22,...
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MT Constitutional Convention Floor
March 25, 2025 / Opinion

Guest Column: Con Con Delegates Oppose Partisan Judges

March 18, 2025: A Guest Column by Six Living Delegates to the Montana Constitutional Convention Mae Nan Ellingson, Gene Harbaugh,...
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Emily Cross
March 10, 2025 / Opinion

Montana’s 1972 Con-Con Delegates: Citizens, not Copper Kings

By Emily Cross, Published in the Missoulian on March 8, 2025 Fifty-three years ago, Montana underwent a remarkable transformation that...
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Governor Marc Racicot
February 13, 2025 / Opinion

Invasion of the Judicial Branch

By Marc Racicot, published in the Daily Inter Lake on February 13, 2025.  Before entering upon the duties of his...
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