The Montana kids are alright

Liars will lie. Cheaters will cheat. Bullies will bully, and they will bully anyone they can — including a bunch of young people who just want to grow up and live their lives in a clean and healthy Montana.

As reported in the Daily Inter Lake (Feb. 29), Montana Senate President Jason Ellsworth, R-Hamilton, and House Speaker Matt Regier, R-Kalispell, have been joined by fellow bullies NorthWestern Energy, the Frontier Institute, 14 states, chambers of commerce, several Montana mining interests, and the Navajo Nation in filing amicus briefs with the Montana Supreme Court in a disgraceful attempt to over-turn the district court decision in Held v. Montana. 

That ruling upheld the right of all Montanans “to a clean and healthful environment” as very clearly set forth in the Montana State Constitution. It found “limitations” to the Montana Environmental Policy Act (MEPA), imposed by the legislature in 2011 and 2023, to be unconstitutional.