Montana’s Constitution Belongs to the People – Not Political Parties

On Tuesday, voters sent a powerful message: Montana’s Constitution belongs to the people – not political parties. By overwhelmingly approving Constitutional Initiative 132, voters chose to protect a nearly century-old Montana tradition of nonpartisan judicial elections. Montanans affirmed that our courts should answer to the Constitution, not partisan interests. It was a victory for judicial independence. But it was also something bigger: a reminder that our Constitution is an inheritance passed from one generation of Montanans to the next, and that each generation has a responsibility to protect its promises for those who follow. And that matters because our courts are where the rights guaranteed by our Constitution are upheld and protected.

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