Montana.

• Position: People & Politics - Brief article

Constitutional or not? In Montana the answer depends on which branch you're in, and it may be up to the third branch--the state supreme court--to decide. Governor Brian Schweitzer maintains House Bill 676, which passed in 2009 and became law without his signature, is unconstitutional because it addresses more than one subject. Not so, lawmakers argue. Schweitzer sued the Legislature over the bill in September and settlement talks between the...