The Latest Breaking News from Beth Baker

The D.C. Streetcar's Other Failures

Plus: The "Montana miracle" wins one last court battle, D.C.'s "devastatingly unambitious" growth plan, and your Fourth Amendment right to refuse federal housing vouchers.

Reason · Mar 24

"Trying to 'Absofuckinglutely' Take Down a Montana Business" Creates Personal Jurisdiction Based on Defendant's Online Statements

So the Montana Supreme Court holds, in Groo v. Montana Eleventh Jud. Dist. Ct., written by Chief Justice McGrath, joined by Justices Beth Baker, James Jeremiah Shea, and Jim Rice. A few passages: The underlying case arises from Groo's purposeful and substantial use of social media to affect the business…

Reason · Oct 11, 2023

Electronic Signatures Not Good Enough for Montana Candidate Nomination Petitions

From today's Montana Supreme Court opinion in Meyer v. Jacobson, written by Justice Beth Baker and joined by Justices Mike McGrath, James Jeremiah Shea, Dirk Sandefur, and Jim Rice: John Meyer sought to run as an Independent candidate for Montana Attorney General in the 2020 general election, but the Gallatin…

Reason · May 17, 2022