Court rejects motion to disqualify justices ruling on judicial docs
The building that houses the Montana Attorney General's Office and the state Supreme Court is seen in Helena in this file photo. (Eliza Wiley/Montana Free Press)
The state Supreme Court Wednesday rejected a motion from the Legislature for a blanket disqualification of all justices sitting on a case over the scope and authority of lawmakers’ subpoena power, with Justice Laurie McKinnon writing for the court that the Legislature’s argument — that the judges can’t fairly serve on a proceeding involving a judicial employee — is “conspicuously absent” any specific allegation of judicial bias....
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