The Supreme Court has turned back an election law case out of Montana that relied on a controversial legal theory with the potential to change the way elections are run across the country

The Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to take up Montana Republicans’ efforts to revive two state election laws under a version of the so-called “independent state legislature” theory.  In 2023,

Montana Secretary of State Christi Jacobsen argues that only lawmakers have sway over state elections under the U.S. Constitution. She asked the justices to consider the case after the state’s highest court struck down laws ending same-day voter registration and prohibiting paid ballot collection.

President Donald Trump granted clemency to roughly 1,500 defendants accused and convicted of crimes connected to the January 6, 2021, United States Capitol Attack.

Less than a week into his new job, Montana Republican Tim Sheehy is finding plenty of use for his previous experience as an aerial firefighter and wildfire entrepreneur as he pushes for new legislation to address the new reality of a fire season that never ends.

Zooey Zephyr will not allow herself to be marginalized, no matter how hard some people try to make that happen. She won election to the Montana House of Representatives in 2022, becoming the first openly transgender person to serve in that legislative body.

On Thursday morning, the Senate Judiciary Committee held a hearing on one of the most prominent in a Republican-sponsored suite of bills that would overhaul Montana’s judicial branch.

When current Lt. Gov. Kristen Juras ran for a seat on the Montana Supreme Court in 2016, she lost by 13 points to now-retired Justice Dirk Sandefur. In her race,

"Because we're human, you can't scrub these races of any political connotations at all," said former Montana Supreme Court Justice Jim Nelson. "But it's getting worse." In many states, judicial elections are nonpartisan but political parties and ...

Montana Secretary of State Christi Jacobsen argues that only lawmakers have sway over state elections under the U.S. Constitution. She asked the justices to consider the case after the state’s highest court struck down laws ending same-day voter registration and prohibiting paid ballot collection.

The Supreme Court on Tuesday turned back an election law case out of Montana that relied on a controversial legal theory with the potential to change the

The Supreme Court has turned back an election law case out of Montana that relied on a controversial legal theory with the potential to change the way elections are run across the country