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Montana Governor Greg Gianforte signs bill giving himself power to fill judicial vacancies across Montana

March 17, 2021 /

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Gov. Greg Gianforte signed into a law Tuesday a bill that gives him mostly unfettered ability to fill supreme and district court vacancies.

The Republican majority Senate has stalled on confirming judges appointed by former Gov. Bullock

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Keith Schubert

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Bipartisan group of former elected officials challenge SB 140 as unconstitutional

Those challenging the law are former Republican Secretary of State Bob Brown, former Democratic State Rep. Dorothy Bradley, former Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribal Chairman Vernon Finley, 1972 Constitutional Convention delegate Mae Nan Ellingson and the Montana League of Women Voters.

Gianforte is the only defendant named.


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