News & Opinions
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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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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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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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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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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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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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