The Montana Supreme Court administrator deleted the emailed results from a poll of judges seeking opinions on a law now being challenged in the Supreme Court, according to documents provided to the Montana State News Bureau.Â
The law Republican Gov. Greg Gianforte signed in March expanding his appointment power over judicial vacancies immediately spawned a lawsuit challenging the law s constitutionality. The lawsuit, in turn, has ignited an inquiry from the legislative and executive branches over a poll administered in January. The poll was conducted by an email sent out by the state Supreme Court administrator. It solicited approve-or-oppose opinions from District Court judges and Supreme Court justices regarding Senate Bill 140 on behalf of the Montana Judges Association.
Tennessee Republicans seek to oust judge who OK’d expansion of absentee voting amid pandemic MarketWatch 3/9/2021
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) The Republican-dominated Tennessee House is sparking fears of an unprecedented breach of judicial independence by moving forward with a proposal to remove a judge for expanding absentee voting in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
A resolution with nearly unanimous House GOP support is calling for proceedings that could remove Davidson County Chancellor Ellen Hobbs Lyle, whose ruling was ultimately overturned by the state Supreme Court but only after the state promised to allow people at higher risk of COVID-19 complications to vote by mail.
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