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, the justices rejected the maximalist version of the theory,

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.

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.

The Supreme Court 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.

Montana’s federal delegation, now comprised entirely of Republicans, was joined by GOP Gov. Greg Gianforte in Washington, D.C., on Monday to celebrate the inauguration of President Donald Trump to his

Montana lawmakers heard more than a dozen bills last week aimed at regulating the state’s courts and judges. They included one of the top priorities for Republicans: to make judicial elections partisan.

Though abortion rights supporters prevailed on ballot measures in seven of the 10 states where abortion was up for a vote on Nov. 5, the state supreme courts they've elected indicate legal fights to come aren't clear-cut.

Montana voters safeguarded the right to abortion in the state’s constitution. They also elected a new chief justice to the Montana Supreme Court who was endorsed by anti-abortion

Lt. Gov. Kristen Juras reiterated the administration’s “full support” of the measure, which would force judicial candidates to declare a party for the first time in Montana since 1935.

Governor Greg Gianforte is urging Montana legislators to pass a bill that would reveal the political affiliations of judicial candidates.

Republican bills would change how Montana’s courts operate, after lawmakers accused judges of overstepping their authority.