Montana Supreme Court affirms decision in Held, historic youth …
Dec 18, 2024 · The Montana Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld a district court ruling in the nation’s first constitutional climate change trial , affirming that the youth plaintiffs have a “fundamental constitutional right to a clean and healthful environment” while revoking two Montana statutes. The 70-page decision, authored by Chief Justice Mike McGrath, comes 16 months after Lewis and Clark District ...
Lawsuit asks court to stop Montana Legislative Services from …
Oct 30, 2024 · Documents related to drafting bills can’t be kept secret from the public, and a new policy that creates a barrier to the information interferes with the “right to know” protected in the Montana Constitution, a new lawsuit alleges.
The Top 10 most read stories in the Daily Montanan for 2024
Dec 25, 2024 · It’s holiday time and with that comes traditions. One of the traditions we’ve established here at the Daily Montanan is not just presenting our annual list of Top 10 stories as decided by the staff, but we also love to show you what you’ve been reading.
Study says undocumented immigrants paid almost $100 billion in …
Sep 15, 2024 · Casey Quinlan was an economy reporter for States Newsroom, based in Washington, D.C. For the past decade, they have reported on national politics and state politics, LGBTQ rights, abortion access, labor issues, education, Supreme Court news and more for publications including The American Independent, ThinkProgress, New Republic, Rewire News, SCOTUSblog, In These Times and Vox.
Montana Supreme Court orders judge to review Gianforte's bill …
Jan 2, 2025 · The Montana Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled that Gov. Greg Gianforte may have legitimate legal reasons to withhold documents that could shed light about which legislation he supports or opposes, but that he can’t refuse to turn those over without having a district court judge review them.
Second Amendment groups say armed man across from grade …
Dec 9, 2024 · A coalition of gun-rights groups is arguing that a federal appeals court should overturn a conviction of a Billings man who appeared to be menacing an elementary school from across the street as he walked around his property, often with gun in hand.
Federal appeals court says Montana man tied to Charlo case can …
Jan 14, 2025 · Calling their own decision “absurd,” a three-judge panel on the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals said Montana’s more comprehensive laws protecting victims of domestic violence create a federal loophole that has allowed a man convicted of domestic violence and connected to one of the state’s highest-profile missing-persons cases to own a handgun.
14 women who said Missoula doctor assaulted them claim …
Nov 14, 2024 · More than a dozen women who said they were sexually assaulted by a doctor at a Missoula healthcare center said they’ve begun the process of suing Community Medical Center by going through the Montana Medical Legal Panel, a necessary step before suing the hospital.
Poll: High satisfaction with the Montana’s Supreme Court
Nov 13, 2024 · While Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen has called the state’s top court “ludicrous,” and the incoming Montana Speaker of the House Brandon Ler, R-Savage, was elected, in part, by vowing to strike back against the “radical overreach” of the Montana judiciary, most of the people who use the courts have a decidedly different opinion.
Montana Supreme Court upholds injunction against gender …
Dec 11, 2024 · The Montana Supreme Court issued an opinion Wednesday that allows a lower court’s injunction blocking the 2023 law that bans gender-affirming care for minors to stay in place, agreeing with the court that the law on its face likely violates the right to privacy in the state constitution.. Now that the state’s appeal of the preliminary injunction, which has been in place since September ...