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Bill would expand statutory grounds for impeachment; judicial groups warn of vagueness
Summary
Senate Bill 15 would enumerate modern statutory grounds for impeachment — adding terms such as corruption, incompetence, negligence, willful neglect of duty, oppressive use of office and misconduct in office — and prompted opposition from the State Bar and trial-lawyer groups.
Senate Bill 15, presented to the House Judiciary Committee by Senator Tom McIlvray, proposes to modernize the statutory grounds for impeachment and to enumerate specific grounds — including corruption, incompetence, negligence, willful neglect of duty, oppressive use of one’s office, and misconduct in office.
McIlvray opened by citing Article V of the Montana Constitution and said the bill would update language dating to 1889. He told the committee the change would enumerate conduct that the legislature may treat as sufficient for impeachment and stressed the constitutional safeguard already in place —…
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