Devils Advocate Archive 2007
- February 4, 2016

The Montana Supreme Court may be the least disciplined appeals court in the country. Rob Natelson’s recent paper outlines the problems.
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Mass shootings tend to happen in so-called “gun free zones” where law-abiding people are disarmed. . . . [Yet] all the justices on the court voted for this misguided decision.
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So-called “non-partisan” elections don’t abolish politics. They just hide politics from public view.
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In 1972, the Montana Supreme Court decided one of the most important state constitutional cases in modern American history. By a 3-2 margin, the court ruled that the voters had ratified a new state constitution even though the number of “yes” votes fell below the majority required. The decision was particularly important because the new
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In fact, the Constitution was the product of centuries of “guidelines.”
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State constitutions written or favored by “progressives” also have been proclaimed under dubious circumstances.
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