Judges who have been acting unethically are trying to enforce ethics complaints against Knudsen.
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Approximately fifty Montana citizens came to witness the Montana Supreme Court's judicial activism leveraged through the Office of Disciplinary Counsel (ODC) in an attempt to remove Attorney General Austin Knudsen's license to practice law. A license that is required to serve as Montana's elected Attorney General. A decision/opinion is expected shortly after arguments conclude on Thursday, October 10, or soon after.
Knudsen's appearance stems from his representing the Montana Legislature when it was disclosed that judges across Montana colluded to pre-decide cases and take pre-determined stances against anticipated legislation from the 2021 session. The legislature subpoenaed the emails, proving the collusion happened and sparking a conflict between the legislative and judicial branches. Between 2,000 and 5,000 emails were provided to the legislature before the courts intervened to cover their apparent malfeasance.
The main arguments were:
Basic civics does not support the idea of three "co-equal" branches and thus the legislature, as the superior branch had every right to subpoena the email evidence of collusion and not to recognize the court when it attempted to strongarm the legislature and avoid accountability for the courts own unethical activities. The legislature is the most powerful of the three branches, followed by the executive and judicial. This is a fact that has been true since the nation's founding.
The five members of the committee, pictured below, would be the ones who could attempt to remove the people's duly elected Attorney General.
What was not addressed at the beginning is that if the judges had not colluded, the legislature would never have had to intervene.