The Montana Supreme Court has denied the Montana Legislature’s effort to disqualify the Supreme Court Justices, stating that ‘were the Court to succumb to the Legislature’s request and evade our responsibilities and 16 obligations as a Court, we are convinced that public confidence in our integrity, honesty, leadership, and ability to function as the highest court of this State would be compromised.’
State Senator Greg Hertz (R) Polson, responded to the court’s decision.
“The court today seems to be twisting itself in knots in this ruling.,” said Hertz. “The court claims that it doesn’t have a conflict of interest and the justices don’t need to disqualify themselves while at the same time they’re saying every judge has a conflict of interest in the cases and that where all the judges are disqualified, none are disqualified.”