Montana high court will decide on legislative subpoena power
AMY BETH HANSON, Associated Press
June 29, 2021
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HELENA, Mont. (AP) The Montana Supreme Court said Tuesday that it will decide whether lawmakers had the power to subpoena the emails of the court s administrator.
The justices unanimously denied the Legislature s request to dismiss a motion from court administrator Beth McLaughlin asking if lawmakers had the right to subpoena her emails. The Legislature argued last week that the issue was moot because they have withdrawn the subpoena. The scope of the legislative subpoena power when directed towards another branch of government is clearly an issue of great public interest,” Chief Justice Mike McGrath wrote in the 7-0 decision.
HELENA, Mont. (AP) Montana's Republican-controlled Legislature has withdrawn its subpoenas for the emails of Supreme Court justices and the court administrator that included state judges' opinions about a bill to allow the governor to directly fill judicial vacancies between elections.
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