Family members, politicians and members of the Montana Supreme Court welcomed newly elected Chief Justice Cory Swanson during a swearing-in ceremony Monday in Helena, marking the beginning of a new leadership chapter for the state’s highest court.
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 ...
"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...
Montana Supreme Court Chief Justice Mike McGrath also sent a letter Friday to Republican leaders of a committee investigating the judiciary, saying neither the high court nor the judiciary had violated any rules or laws regarding lobbying or e-mail procedures. And, in another development, a state ...
Planned Parenthood argued the law is unconstitutional based on a 1999 Montana Supreme Court ruling that found that the state Constitution's right to privacy includes the right to have a pre-viability abortion from a provider of the patient's choice. The organization asked the court to fre...
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 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...
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 ...
This decision also opens the doors wide for state and local school budgets to be looted by fly-by-night educational scams.