Sports Shooting Ass'n v. State, Mt. Dept. of Fwp

*10¶32 I dissent.

¶33 Section 87-1-204, MCA, states as follows:

Political activity of employees. While retaining the right to vote as he may please and to express his opinions on all political questions, no employee of the department [of fish, wildlife, and parks] may use his official authority or influence for the purpose of interfering with an election or affecting the results thereof or for the purpose of coercing or influencing the political actions of any person or body.

¶34 In construing this statutory language, I begin with three fundamental canons of statutory construction. First, “[i]n…