The Supreme Court has turned back an election law case out of Montana that relied on a controversial legal theory with the potential to change the way elections are run across the country

The Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to take up Montana Republicans’ efforts to revive two state election laws under a version of the so-called “independent state legislature” theory.  In 2023,

Less than a week into his new job, Montana Republican Tim Sheehy is finding plenty of use for his previous experience as an aerial firefighter and wildfire entrepreneur as he pushes for new legislation to address the new reality of a fire season that never ends.

On Thursday morning, the Senate Judiciary Committee held a hearing on one of the most prominent in a Republican-sponsored suite of bills that would overhaul Montana’s judicial branch.

Montana’s federal delegation, now comprised entirely of Republicans, was joined by GOP Gov. Greg Gianforte in Washington, D.C., on Monday to celebrate the inauguration of President Donald Trump to his

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Montana lawmakers heard more than a dozen bills last week aimed at regulating the state’s courts and judges. They included one of the top priorities for Republicans: to make judicial elections partisan.

Lt. Gov. Kristen Juras reiterated the administration’s “full support” of the measure, which would force judicial candidates to declare a party for the first time in Montana since 1935.

Republican bills would change how Montana’s courts operate, after lawmakers accused judges of overstepping their authority.

Governor Greg Gianforte is urging Montana legislators to pass a bill that would reveal the political affiliations of judicial candidates.

The Supreme Court on Tuesday turned back an election law case out of Montana that relied on a controversial legal theory with the potential to change the

"Because we're human, you can't scrub these races of any political connotations at all," said former Montana Supreme Court Justice Jim Nelson. "But it's getting worse." In many states, judicial elections are nonpartisan but political parties and ...