The GOP-led committee approved the report on party lines after chair Sen. Greg Hertz stripped language accusing the chief justice of the Montana Supreme Court of lying.
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A legislative committee that has looked into claims of bias and overreach in the judiciary is scheduled to meet in an online forum for its last hearing at 10 a.m.
The report urges lawmakers to, among other things, define its subpoena powers, a point of contention last year over which the Montana Supreme Court got the final say.