Lewis and Clark County District Court Judge Mike McMahon has denied the state Legislature’s bid to dismiss a case brought by Supreme Court Justice Jim Rice, following a similar ruling by the high court in June challenging a subpoena arguing the judicial records are privileged as containing private information. McMahon denied the Legislat...
Judge McMahon Blocks Subpoena For Court Investigation
District Court Judge Mike McMahon has temporarily blocked a legislative subpoena for Supreme Court Justice Jim Rice’s communications writing in an order the Legislature appears to have exceeded its investigative authority. In recent months, legislative Republicans have opened an investigation into the judicial branch claiming misuse of s...
Montana Justice Rice Files Challenge Against Legislative Lawsuit
Montana Supreme Court Justice Jim Rice was the only justice to file a court challenge against a legislative subpoena seeking his communications regarding any polling conducted on pending legislation. Monday District Court Judge Mike McMahon grilled a state attorney representing the Legislature on Republican lawmakers’ chosen methods of p...