The Montana Justice Building is seen on Jan. 19, 2023 in Helena. The Attorney General's Office, Montana State Law Library, and Supreme Court Offices are located in this building. (Kate Heston/Daily Inter Lake)
January 24, 2023
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Lynch, Swanson, Wilson and Bidegaray advance to Montana Supreme Court general election
The four most prominent candidates for the Montana Supreme Court all advanced from their primary elections Tuesday evening.
Knudsen rewrites abortion initiative ballot statement
The group behind a proposed constitutional amendment to enshrine abortion access in the Montana Constitution filed an emergency petition with the state Supreme Court on Tuesday morning asking it to overturn the attorney general’s newly rewritten ballot statement for the proposal.
Montana Supreme Court allows abortion ballot proposal to proceed
After two months of litigation and consideration, the Montana Supreme Court on Monday overruled the state attorney general’s January finding that a constitutional initiative to explicitly protect abortion rights is “legally insufficient,” resolving one of many obstacles to the proposal being placed before voters on the November ballot.
Montana Supreme Court considers parental consent case for minors seeking abortion
The Montana Supreme Court on Wednesday heard arguments in a winding, years-long case about whether minors must receive parental consent for an abortion, revisiting a fraught legal question that Montana voters, lawmakers and residents have grappled with for more than a decade.
State files Supreme Court brief in appeal of injunction blocking gender-affirming care ban
Attorneys for the Gianforte administration filed their brief Friday in their Supreme Court appeal of a district court judge’s decision last year that blocked the ban on gender-affirming care for Montana children the governor signed into law last spring.
Former state auditor and previous federal magistrate running in Chief Justice race
Both former state auditor John Morrison and former federal magistrate Jeremiah Lynch filed to run for Montana Supreme Court Chief Justice seat, according to the Montana Commissioner of Political Practices website.
State Supreme Court races draw early candidates
The first signs of competition in the two races for Montana’s Supreme Court slated for next year are beginning to show.