Letters to the Editor

Montanans deserve a fair & impartial judiciary

By Cory Swanson

It's time to let you in on a little secret about America's judicial system: we're doing it wrong.

We read every day in the news about a conflict in Montana or somewhere around the country where contentious political issues are being settled in the courtroom. It's become such a regular occurrence that a cottage industry has developed to interpret the legal rulings and their implications for all of us.

The newness and novelty of judicial activism has long ago worn off and now it's become the norm. But for most of our country's histor...