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Judge strikes down Montana law defining sex as only male or female for procedural reasons

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A judge has struck down a Montana law that defined sex as only male or female, finding that it was unconstitutional. District Court Judge Shane Vannatta ruled the law, passed last year, violated the state constitution because the description of the legislation didn't clearly state its purpose.

District Court Judge Shane Vannatta in Missoula ruled the law, passed last year, violated the state constitution because the description of the legislation did not clearly state its purpose.and Tennessee, because they said it denies legal recognition and protections to people who are gender-nonconforming.

“The title does not give general notice of the character of the legislation in a way that guards against deceptive or misleading titles,” Vannatta wrote.More than 500 people have been charged with federal crimes under the gun safety law Biden signedThe law that was struck down by Vannatta was sponsored by Republican Sen.

A spokesperson for Republican Gov. Greg Gianforte, who signed the bill into law, did not immediately return an after-hours email seeking comment on the ruling.“Today’s ruling is an important vindication of the safeguards that the Montana Constitution places on legislative enactments,” the group’s legal director, Alex Rate, said.

 

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