Race for Supreme Court Justice
Candidates Answers
By Denise Rivette
Montana Independent News posed the same for questions to each candidate for Justice of the Supreme Court. All candidates are listed in alphabetical order with links to the answers of those who responded in place of their name.
The questions posed were:
What are the Montana values that will guide your decision-making?
What skills, knowledge and experience do you possess that make you the better candidate?
What is your approach to judicial decision making?
As Justice what do you hope to accomplish?
The Candidates Are:
Katherine Bidegaray
Jerry O'Neil for Supreme Court Justice
By Denise Rivette Montana Independent News posed the same four questions to all candidates for Supreme Court Justice. Jerry O’Neil’s views are presented in their entirety below. What are the Montana values that will guide your decision-making? I will rule on cases that come before the Montana Supreme Court, interpreting and applying the Constitution, “the supreme Law of the Land,” Article VI Clause 2, not legislate from the bench in order to get the result that fits my philosophy.
Dan Wilson for Supreme Court Justice
By Denise Rivette Montana Independent News posed the same four questions to all candidates for Supreme Court Justice. Dan Wilson’s views are presented in their entirety below. What are the Montana values that will guide your decision-making? The Montana values passed down to me from my grandparents and parents are the most important in my approach to decision-making and are the values that guide me. Faith in our country and our state and our U.S. and Montana Constitutions, dedication to hard work and honesty, and devotion to the rule of law are the values I bring to my work as a district court judge and that I will bring to my work as a justice of the Supreme Court.