DAILY MONTANAN —The Republican-led Senate Select Committee on Judicial Oversight and Reform voted Monday to send a letter to Montana’s Supreme Court justices, a district court judge and several other court employees asking about how the chief justice decides to appoint retired judges.
Most of the committee’s meetings so far have been educational, as attorneys and judges have told the Republican lawmakers about the separation of powers, attorney ethics, and where the line sits between the judiciary, legislative, and executive branches when it comes to creating and interpreting the law.