Supreme Court

A U.S. Supreme Court case challenges the use of the obstruction charge in January 6 insurrection sentencings

Kayla Desroches

Did the U.S. government overstep its authority in charging rioters from the January 6 insurrection with obstruction of an official proceeding? That’s the question in front of the Supreme Court.

2020 Elections

Campaign Beat: Abortion, Harassment And Big Money

Sally Mauk

The new governor will either uphold Montanans' access to legal abortion or restrict that access. New TV ads in the Senate race question, and defend Gov....

Government & Politics

Ruling: State, Local Officers Can't Make Immigration Arrests

Associated Press

HELENA, Mont. (AP) — The Montana Supreme Court says state and local law enforcement officers do not have the authority to arrest people on federal civil…

Education

Supreme Court Seems Favorable To Religious Education Funding

The Supreme Court's conservative majority appears ready to reinvigorate a Montana scholarship program and make it easier to use public money to pay for…

Government & Politics

Marsy's Law Placed On Hold At The Eleventh Hour By State Supreme Court

Kay Erickson

The Montana Supreme Court delayed a voter-approved victim's rights law that was scheduled to take effect tomorrow.According to the Associated Press,…

The Supreme Court says a lower court erred in its guidance to a jury about the standard for stripping a refugee of her American citizenship.

Supreme Court Overturns Lower Court On Grounds For Stripping U.S. Citizenship

Bill Chappell

"We have never read a statute to strip citizenship from someone who met the legal criteria for acquiring it," Justice Elena Kagan wrote. "We will not start now."

Supreme Court To Hear Wisconsin Partisan Gerrymandering Case

It's the first case of its kind to make it to the high court. We hear more from Emily Bazelon, staff writer at the New York Times Magazine.