Resources
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Middle Fork Strategies – Poll: Montanans Oppose Partisan Courts, Support Continued Medicaid
View the release on MiddleForkMT.org FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 30, 2025 Media Contact: Brandon DeMars, bdemars@middleforkmt.org Nick Lockridge, nlockridge@middleforkmt.org Poll: Montanans Oppose Partisan Courts, Support Continued Medicaid Statewide survey from…
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National Survey Reflects High Trust in State Courts
State courts generally maintain high public trust, valued for fairness and accessibility. However, approval can fluctuate due to political factors, high-profile decisions, and perceptions of judicial independence. In its recently…
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True North Issues New Research Report Detailing Who Is Targeting State Courts to Limit Freedoms
From True North Research In 2024, America will witness some of the most expensive state judicial elections in history, with attack ads largely fueled by men with vast fortunes trying…
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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…
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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,…
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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…