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March 10, 2022 / Opinion
Montana begins its ‘Constitutional Celebrate’ as document celebrates 50th anniversary
Fifty years ago, in 1972, 100 Montana citizens gathered and wrote the state’s new Constitution. Of those 100 giants of Montana history, only 12 are still with us.
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March 10, 2022 / Opinion
Montana’s last, best document
I have been a journalist in seven states, including my home state of Montana. And I am not sure that in those other six states many residents were aware that there was a state constitution.
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February 23, 2022 / Opinion
Montana’s constitutional privacy is at risk
The IRS recently attempted to require facial recognition scans to pay taxes online. Under its plan, folks would have had to submit a scan of their face to a third-party company to access basic online government services.
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February 19, 2022 / Opinion
Montana Constitution secures our voting rights
For more than 50 years, the 1965 Voting Rights Act has served to prohibit discriminatory election practices and ensure all Americans are treated equally in exercising their right to vote.
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July 11, 2021 / Opinion
Montana’s Constitution means that no one can interfere with your right to vote
In its 2013 decision in Shelby County v. Holder and in its July 1, 2021 decision in Brnovich v. Democratic National Committee, the United States Supreme Court made clear that it will not interfere with States which adopt laws to suppress voting rights and which make it harder for minority people to vote.
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