FEBRUARY 20, 2025 -- Since 2006, Gavel to Gavel has tracked state-by-state legislative activity with potential impact on state courts.
Featured State: Montana
- Senate rejects bills to prohibit a judge from serving as chair of the judicial standards commission, administratively transfer the judicial standards commission to the attorney general's office, and set the burden of proof for the Supreme Court tooverturn a statute as "unconstitutional beyond a reasonable doubt."
- House Judiciary Committee approves resolution declaring Marbury v. Madisonmisinterpreted. "That the belief that the court has exclusive authority to interpret the constitution and that its decisions are binding on the other two branches is a myth."
Security
- Bills to protect the personal information of judges, their families, and court staff/employees advance in Arizona, Florida, and Georgia.
Other
- North Dakota bill to eliminate judicial immunity for judges rejected in a close House committee vote (6 in favor, 7 opposed).