The clerk of the Montana Supreme Court is a unique position.
Unlike the actual justiceships on the high court, the clerkship is partisan. And unlike almost every other state supreme court clerk in the country, Montana’s is elected, a requirement laid out in statute.
That means that every six years, would-be clerks must make a case for themselves on the same ballot as court justices, U.S. senators and other high-profile elected officers. They also have to explain what exactly it means to be a partisan officer in an ostensibly non-partisan building.
