Montana’s Supreme Court Justices are elected by the people, rather than appointed by the executive branch. This includes the Chief Justice, who is popularly elected rather than being selected from among the sitting justices. Supreme Court races in Montana are supposed to be non-partisan, and ca...
Chase Scheuer, a spokesperson for Republican Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen, in a statement called the ruling "disappointing, but not surprising." "The majority of the state Supreme Court justices yet again ruled in favor of their ideologically aligned allies and ignored the fact that Mont...
We must all come together to protect the integrity, independence and effectiveness of Montana’s Supreme Court and Montana’s judicial branch. A historic election will take place in 2024. Culminating a brilliant career in public service, Chief Justice Mike McGrath recently announced his retirement ...
Montana’s Supreme Court has upheld a landmark climate ruling that said the state was violating residents’ constitutional right to a clean environment by permitting oil, gas and coal projects without regard for global warming
HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Montana’s Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld a landmark climate ruling that said the state was violating residents’ constitutional right to a clean environment by permitting oil, gas and coal projects without regard for global warm
Supreme Court ruled in favor of Justice Reynolds, a teacher at Zion Parochial School who had been teaching German to a 10-year-old student, claiming it was an invasion of the 14th Amendment. [Pictured: Justices of the Supreme Court (and others) in 1923, Chief Justice Taft is front and ...
Supreme Court ruled in favor of Justice Reynolds, a teacher at Zion Parochial School who had been teaching German to a 10-year-old student, claiming it was an invasion of the 14th Amendment. [Pictured: Justices of the Supreme Court (and others) in 1923, Chief Justice Taft is front and ...
The Court’s opinion was signed by four justices. Justice Laurie McKinnon wrote a scathing, well-reasoned dissent and was joined by one other justice and a District Court judge sitting for Chief Justice McGrath. While in decline, bamboo scaffolding is still in use and has been used to erect...
The Montana Supreme Court is the court of last resort in the Montana court system. The constitution of 1889 provided for the election of no fewer than three Supreme Court justices, and one chief justice. Each court member served a six-year term. The legislature increased the number of justice...
Breaking from many in his party, Hovde called for a code of ethics for Supreme Court justices and voiced support for term limits. “We should absolutely have a code of ethics for the justices. I don't think they should be engaging in any kind of private investment in the s...