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HELENA, Mont. (AP) — The Montana Supreme Court has upheld the constitutionality of a...

Plaintiffs challenging the constitutionality of a bill Gov. Greg Gianforte signed in March expanded their litigation efforts Wednesday to include a fail-safe bill Republican lawmakers passed in case the original bill was struck down. The sprawling saga between Republican lawmakers and the judiciary, which now involves three legal actions, largely began with Senate Bill 140. The legislation eliminated the Judicial Nomination Commission that presented a list of candidates to the governor for appointment. With its passage, Gianforte, a Republican, can now make his own selections to fill ju...

District Court Judge Matt Wald, of Lodge Grass, has been the district court judge in the 22nd Judicial District since 2019.

The Montana Supreme Court on Sunday put the brakes on a legislative inquiry into the state court administrator’s emails, which recent revelations have shown to contain judges’ polls on pending legislation and were deleted from the administrator’s account. A dispute over the separation of powers is developing out of a state Supreme Court case over the constitutionality of a new law signed last month expanding the governor’s appointment power over judicial vacancies.  On Monday the Senate Republicans, through counsel with the Montana Department of Justice, said they will ...

The Montana Supreme Court on Sunday put the brakes on a legislative inquiry into the state court administrator’s emails, which recent revelations have shown to contain judges’ polls on pending legislation and were deleted from the administrator’s account. A dispute over the separation of powers is developing out of a state Supreme Court case over the constitutionality of a new law signed last month expanding the governor’s appointment power over judicial vacancies.  On Monday the Senate Republicans, through counsel with the Montana Department of Justice, said they will ...