_____________ joint resolution NO. _____________
INTRODUCED BY _________________________________________________
By Request of the ****
A joint resolution of the Senate and the House of Representatives of the state of montana AFFIRMING THE STATUTORY DEFINITION OF LAW AND ITS BINDING EFFECT ON THE COURTS.
WHEREAS, nowhere does the Montana Constitution authorize the Supreme Court to define the law; and
WHEREAS, the conflict is on the definition of the law and is not about procedural rules; and
WHEREAS, the Supreme Court has no power and no authority to define the law; and
Now, therefore, be it resolved by the Senate and the House of Representatives OF THE STATE OF MONTANA:
That it is the Legislature that defines what constitutes law, not the Supreme Court.
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