Category: Montana Resources
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Judicial Independence: Are our courts under threat?
Big Sky 55+ presents a panel discussion regarding the importance of the nonpartisan judiciary. The panel members were Trent Bolger, moderator (Big Sky 55+ Executive Director); The Hon. Elizabeth Best (Great Falls District Judge); Bill Bronson, GF lawyer and public servant, now a member of the Big Sky 55+ Board of Directors; and Molly Danahy of Upper Seven…
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Free Press election guide now available
Montana Free Press has released its comprehensive election guide. From MTFP, “In the 2026 election, Montana voters will select candidates to fill six federal and state offices, plus 100 House seats and 25 Senate seats in the state Legislature. Elections can be baffling to track even for voters who diligently follow political news. This digital election…
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Embattled Courts CLE
Featuring — Mae Nan Ellingson, Hon. Jeffrey Sherlock, Susan Byorth Fox, Mike Dennison, Arren Kimble-Sannit, Tristan Scott, Lee Banville
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Montana Supreme Court Performance Measures and Statistics
From the Montana Judicial Branch SUPREME COURT Performance Measures – This report provides baseline data from three additional performance measures which focus on case processing and related timelines. These “snapshots” give the Court the opportunity to identify where delays in case processing are occurring and to target specific delays for decrease to the extent possible. Case…
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A Past and Future of Judicial Elections: The Case of Montana
Judicial elections are approaching their second century in the United States, and they are not going away anytime soon. After the rise of Jacksonian Democracy in the early nineteenth century, and popular calls for increased judicial independence from the political branches, most states hard-wired the election of judges into state constitutions. Despite reform efforts that…
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Legal Review of Montana Proposed Legislation
Presented by Todd Everts, Chief Legal Counsel/Code Commissioner | Legislative Branch, State of Montana
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Montana Judicial Elections: Does the Past Hold Lessons for Future
Anthony Johnstone, A Faculty Publication, Alexander Blewett III School of Law at the University of Montana. Montanans never much liked outside influence in their judiciary, and their first line of defense was judicial elections. This may strike us as odd now, in our Citizens United era of unlimited outside money and even national party politics…