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State moves to disqualify district judge from ‘bathroom bill’ lawsuit

by KEILA SZPALLER Daily Montanan
| September 9, 2025 12:00 AM

The State of Montana wants to remove Missoula County District Court Judge Shane Vannatta from hearing a lawsuit over a bill that states there are only “two sexes, male and female,” alleging his social media accounts show personal bias.

But the ACLU of Montana said the state could have substituted the judge — for any reason — early on in the case, and its motion is a “baseless attack on the judiciary.”

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