Recently, the New York ACLU sent out a paid political mailing to residents of Montana, a four-page obvious endorsement of one of the two candidates for the Montana Supreme Court disguised as a voter information flyer.
The first question you might ask is, why is the ACLU getting involved in a Montana election for a justice to serve on our Montana Supreme Court? Could it be that the New York ACLU wants to influence this Montana election?
In the flyer, the ACLU asks, “Where do your candidates for Montana Supreme Court Justice land on the issues?” They focus on only two issues, Partisan Politics, and Abortion Rights. They report that candidate, Judge Amy Eddy refused campaign contributions from political parties. They disrespected the other Candidate Judge Dan Wilson by omitting his title as Judge Dan Wilson. You should be able to conclude that the ACLU’s favored candidate is Judge Amy Eddy.
The second position stated by the ACLU is that Judge Amy Eddy, “recognizes that the Montana Constitution protects Abortion Rights. Let’s be clear, the 1972 Montana Constitution does not explicitly mention Abortion rights. In 1999 the case of Armstrong v State reached the Montana Supreme Court and concentrated largely on a woman’s right to privacy, among other issues such as who could perform abortions. The entire history in the Montana courts is too voluminous for this writing, but suffice it to say that generally, liberals like to interpret law very broadly, and strict interpretation of the law is reserved to conservatives.
The fact remains that the reporting by the ACLU in the political flyer was in my opinion, wrong in that the Montana Constitution does not specifically protect the right to abortion. The flyer also notes that Judge Dan Wilson has accepted funds from groups who do not support abortion. If you are opposed to abortion and support the protection of the unborn, then that is helpful to your voting decision.
In 2022, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled 6-3 in the Dobbs decision that the U.S. Constitution does not confer a right to abortion.
The ACLU in their flyer states that “Judge Amy Eddy believes politics has no place in the courtroom”. I contend that political bias exists in the courtroom no matter what Judge Amy Eddy believes. In fact, party politics plays an important role in voter’s choices, and provides a window into what elected judges personally believe. In this election we also have a newly professed Independent running for the United States Senate from Montana. In politics, the term Independent is usually just another word for Liberal Democrat, one who knows that it is difficult for a democrat to be elected in Montana.
If you believe that beneath the belt tricks and word games are an offense to Montana voters, I would urge you to Vote for Judge Dan Wilson and not to fall for the liberal insult of Seth Bodnar’s strategy.
Honestly, religion has no place in politics, the u.s. Supreme Court ruled abortion laws are unconstitutional! So you might just shut your trap!
Honestly Richard Burckhard, In the Dobbs decision the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the U.S. Constitution does NOT confer a right to abortion. They did NOT rule that abortion laws are unconstitutional, so you might want to go back to school and learn how to read. Justice Alito wrote the 5-justice majority opinion concluding that “abortion is not deeply rooted in the nation’s history and traditions. You would be wise to not tell me, or anyone to “shut your trap”. You only demonstrate your ignorance.
Maybe some need a lesson on what the job of a judge, or justice on the State or US Supreme Court is. First, an analogy. For these justices to say they endorse non-partisan is a joke. The analogy I speak of is the spider and the fly, where the spider tells the fly to come in, it’s safe and okay. Or what about the frog in water, where it is comfortable at first, and as the temperature rises the frog remains comfortable until it gets too hot and, well, the frog meets its end. So to compare the two. A judge claims to be non-partisan, but that is just to get elected. Their true colors remain the same. A leopard never changes its spots. After the say what they need to say to elected, their spots reveal what it obvious from the beginning. The job of a judge is to rule on the law before them AS WRITTEN. Why do a say it that way? Because the judges who are liberal do not follow the “rule of law for their job”. They rewrite or interpret it as they want it to read. That results in rulings not based on the law, but how they feel. For those out there who went through public schools, they don’t understand this because they were taught by teachers who are told by the union what and how to teach. If you had a private school education, you will understand this because you were taught correctly.
Keith, We’ll said. Exactly the game plan liberal judges use to get elected.
Today, Another vile attack on the Truth by the New York ACLU in support of of judge Amy Eddy claiming that Eddy knows the Law. The Montana Constitution does NOT protect the right of abortion. In fact it doesn’t even mention it. Tomorrow, I will add further proof that Eddy’s knowledge of the law is lacking in another area.