Montana GOP wants to overhaul judicial system after handful of conservative bills thrown out

Published March 24, 2025 12:16pm ET



Republican state lawmakers in Montana have grown frustrated by several unfavorable rulings being handed to them in recent years, so they are looking to entirely rethink the state’s judicial system.

While judicial elections and the courts in Montana are nonpartisan, Republicans in the state believe that the Montana Supreme Court and other lower courts lean liberal.

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