Forty-Second Legislative Assembly v. Lennon

This is an original proceeding in this Court by the present State Legislature and Secretary of State seeking a declaratory judgment determining certain of their legal rights concerning the calling, election of delegates, and implementation of a constitutional convention for the State of Montana.

The specific legal issues sought to be determined herein are:

1. May state and- local officers serve as delegates to the constitutional convention? Is a delegate to the constitutional convention a “state officer”?

2. Does the phrase “elected in the same manner” in section 8, Article XIX of the…