Nearly 20 court cases from outside Montana recognize “executive privilege,” a right for the governor to guard certain pieces of information as confidential, and Montana needs to do the same, argued a lawyer for the state last week to the Montana Supreme Court.

The Wisconsin Supreme Court heard oral arguments Tuesday in two election-related cases, showing the continued wrangling over access to the ballot with less than two months to go until the presidential election in November.

The Utah Supreme Court will hear oral arguments later this month in the case of Utah's proposed Amendment D, after attorneys for the Legislature appealed a lower court decision nullifying the proposal.