Posted on 01/04/2022 8:29:31 PM PST by george76
The Montana judiciary is in deep trouble. The Wall Street Journal picked up on a local story that has been exploding since last April but has just now started to get national attention.
In April, the Montana judiciary was caught red-handed lobbying against bills that would lead to more accountability for judges. This comes right on the heels of the scathing Wall Street Journal report that found hundreds of judges refusing to recuse themselves from hearing cases in which they had financial investments — a story that reached even the Supreme Court — as the judiciary is being exposed.
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Lawmakers had to send subpoenas to the judiciary to get the emails about judicial lobbying, but in response, the Supreme Court simply moved to quash “all the subpoenas — including the ones issued to them,” said Montana’s Attorney General Austin Knudson.
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These emails contained information that was highly embarrassing to the court
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The Supreme Court and the Admin got caught with their pants down, with their hands in the cookie jar, with a flashlight sneaking out the window to go meet some fellow Democrat paramour or any other folksy way of saying that they got busted doing VERY BAD THINGS.
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What started all of this?
A group of fed-up citizens who had suffered false imprisonments, loss of children, and more at the hands of corrupt judges formed the Montana State Council on Judicial Accountability (MSCJA) and began lobbying the state for new oversight and real accountability. They drafted legislation: bill number HB685, which would create a citizen’s oversight board for judicial complaints.
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HB685 is not “dead” yet, as the lobbyist claimed, but has gone to the Justice Interim Committee and will be heard on Jan. 19. The bill’s co-sponsor is Republican state representative Brad Tschida
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Why do you suppose Ryan Zinke has always taken such a beating on the job even after winning his elections by solid majorities?
Very good article with a lot of links worth reading.
I pulled this out of the article hoping to get more folks to read it.
While few on FR are very trusting of the government or the judiciary in particular, looking at what Crabtree went through should make us support some kind of judicial reform. How to reform and what kind are questions that need thought.
And looking at the J6 political prisoners lets us know that judicial corruption is not confined to Montana.
Isn’t this Testor country?
Tyrants in black robes.
Tester is a dirt bag.
Impressive, Pulizer-level reporting by The Montana Daily Gazette.
The Montana Daily Gazette has done extensive work on this scandal, including detailed publishing of all of the shocking incriminating emails.
The judiciary emails contained shocking information that was highly embarrassing to the court.
The Montana Daily Gazette thoughtfully provided links for readers.
In sum, the execrably liberal Montana Court, and the Admin, got caught with their pants down, with their hands in the cookie jar, injudiciously sneaking around.
Thanks to The Montana Daily Gazette’s Pulitzer-worthy reporting, the judiciary got busted doing VERY BAD THINGS.....possibly verging on the criminal.
The Montana Daily Gazette should be nominated for a Pulitzer.
How-to.
https://www.pulitzer.org/page/how-enter
I have a relative (husband of a cousin) that WAS on the MT SC - happily he is retired.
A real POS! Super gun hater. He didn’t care that Clinton perjured himself or committed felonies.
I have had NOTHING to do with that family for several decades.
I hope this crime is one day punished.
“The Montana Daily Gazette has done extensive work on this scandal, including detailed publishing of all of the shocking incriminating emails.”
Dang, actual reporting going on?
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