Already, these extremists have tried to take over Montana’s highest court. 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 prote...
“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...
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HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Montana's Supreme Court has rejected an attempt by the state's Republican governor to block alandmark climate rulingthat said regulators must consider the effects of greenhouse gas emissions when issuing permits for fossil fuel develop...
The justices disagreed, noting the state “imposes no corresponding limitation on a minor who seeks medical or surgical care otherwise related to her pregnancy or her child.” Republican Gov. Greg Gianforte said he was “concerned and disappointed” with the ruling, ”which states parents do not...
(2) whether the Montana Supreme Court’s split decision below exceeded the bounds of ordinary judicial review by invalidating under the Montana Constitution two Montana election integrity provisions — one setting the voter-registration deadline at noon the day before election day, and another ...
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
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 st...
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.
Recent decisions from the Arizona Supreme Court come ahead of a Thursday ballot printing deadline. Montana's ballot must be certified by Thursday. Arizona's justices sided with Republican lawmakers in a separate case concerning the abortion ballot measure last week to allow a voter information pamph...