6 justices to hear judicial nomination commission case
AMY BETH HANSON, Associated Press
April 7, 2021
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HELENA, Mont. (AP) Six members of the Montana Supreme Court will consider a legal challenge to a new Montana law that would eliminate the state s judicial nomination commission and allow the governor to appoint judges to fill vacancies between elections, the court ruled Wednesday.
Republican Gov. Greg Gianforte signed the bill on March 16 and a legal challenge was filed asking the Montana Supreme Court for an injunction to block the law from taking effect and to declare it unconstitutional.
Montana’s 1972 Constitution states that Supreme Court and District Court judges must be elected, with the exception of vacancies where “the governor shall appoint a replacement from nominees selected in the manner provided by law.”
6 justices to hear judicial nomination commission case
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and last updated 2021-04-02 12:04:07-04
HELENA â A state judge chosen to fill in for Montana Supreme Court Chief Justice Mike McGrath said Thursday heâll withdraw from deciding the constitutionality of a new law giving Republican Gov. Greg Gianforte sole discretion on filling judicial vacancies.
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