State defendants in Montana drag ban lawsuit request jury trial
Nicole Girten (Daily Montanan) Attorneys for Attorney General Austin Knudsen and Superintendent of Public Instruction Elsie Arntzen are requesting ...
Nicole Girten (Daily Montanan) Attorneys for Attorney General Austin Knudsen and Superintendent of Public Instruction Elsie Arntzen are requesting a jury trial in the legal case challenging the constitutionality of the drag ban in Montana. State defendant attorneys filed the request Thursday in the document responding to plaintiffs' complaint in the case currently before Judge Brian Morris. The city of Helena also filed Thursday requesting to be removed from the case. Attorneys for the state officials denied plaintiffs' claims that House Bill 359, the drag ban, is unconstitutional, overbroad or vague and said their clients had not deprived plaintiffs of their constitutional rights nor taken enforcement actions against them.