We the people of Montana grateful to God for the quiet beauty of our state, the grandeur of our mountains, the vastness of our rolling plains, and desiring to improve the quality of life, equality of opportunity and to secure the blessings of liberty for this and future generations do ordain and establish this constitution.
- The Preamble of the 1972 Montana State Constitution
Justice Ingrid Gustafson was appointed to serve as a District Judge by a Republican Governor and appointed by a Democrat Governor to serve on the Montana Supreme Court.