“The majority of the state Supreme Court justices yet again ruled in favor of their ideologically aligned allies and ignored the fact that Montana has no power to impact the climate,” Scheuer said. Montana Supreme Court justices are directly elected to eight-year terms, but the governor appoi...
"The majority of the state Supreme Court justices yet again ruled in favor of their ideologically aligned allies and ignored the fact that Montana has no power to impact the climate," Scheuer said. Content continues below Youth-led lawsuits nationally have taken aim...
This November, Montanans will elect a new Chief Justice and an Associate Justice to the state Supreme Court, and there are two candidates running for each seat. To date I’ve not had any cases involving any of the candidates, but as an active member of the Montana Bar, I’ve had the ...
HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Montana’s Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld alandmark climate rulingthat said the state was violating residents’ constitutional right to a clean environment by permitting oil, gas and coal projects without regard forglobal warming. The ...
(AP) — Montana’s Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that minors don’t need their parents’ permission to get an abortion in the state – agreeing with a lower court ruling that found the parental consent law violates the privacy clause in the state constitution. “We conclude that minors, like...
HELENA, Mont. (AP) — A Montana law banning gender-affirming medical care for transgender minors will remain temporarily blocked, the state Supreme Court ruled Wednesday, after justices unanimously agreed with a lower court judge who found the law likely
HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Montana's Supreme Court has rejected an attempt by the state's Republican governor to block a landmark climate ruling that said regulators must consider the effects of greenhouse gas emissions when issuing permits for fossil fuel de
A Montana judicial panel is recommending that the state's Republican attorney general be suspended from practicing law for 90 days for openly defying court orders and repeatedly attacking the integrity of justices.
Over the past nine years, they have spent more than $8 million on negative and misleading ads, in most cases attacking well-qualified, impartial justices on the Montana Supreme Court. My motivating purpose is to protect the 1972 Montana State Constitution. It has withstood the test of time,...
The article reports that Montana Supreme Court has dismissed a 5-year-old challenge of the state's school finance system, concluding that the case is no longer relevant. The justices said they had already addressed the...