constitution

The Montana Supreme Court further strengthened the right-to-know provided in the Montana Constitution by clarifying when judges can award court fees to plaintiffs who prevail in lawsuits against the state government.

Corey Ellis writes of Rep. Ryan Zinke, "He has been silent on the Trump administrations near constant abuse of executive power and disregard for the Constitution."

A bill that would ask voters to vote on a constitutional amendment to define personhood as starting at conception sparked contentious debate in the Senate Judiciary Committee Tuesday.

Jon Ellingson writes that Montana's Constitution "contains many rights and principles that are as forward thinking today as they were more than 50 years ago."

Jim Nelson writes, "These attacks on state judicial branches have been incremental, a law here, a law there, chip, chipping away at the third branches of government, with the ultimate goal of bringing judges and the courts under the control and heavy thumbs of the legislative and executive branches of government."

James Nelson writes, "The Judicial branch is preforming its constitutional duty to check and balance the legislative and executive branches—which, since 2021, are hell-bent on stripping Montanans of their fundamental rights."

Jim Elliott writes, "They understood that power could be used not only to benefit the nation but also to benefit a group’s personal self-interest to the detriment of the nation."

James Nelson writes, "Often our political system, our fundamental rights, and our democracy are held hostage and are fettered by a minority-rules rule that has been not only institutionalized, but, in certain instances, was originated in the Constitution itself."

Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks attorneys have acknowledged that FWP commissioners violated the public’s constitutional right-to-know and agreed to require the commission make their wildlife decisions and dealings more transparent.

James Nelson writes, "Despite Mr. Trump labeling General Milley a traitor who could be put to death, the General has stood by his oath, his word, in support and defense of the Constitution—and not to a draft-dodging, wannabe dictator."