It took two years, two Education Committee votes, two Appropriations Committee votes, and thirteen different votes in the Senate and House, but at approximately 3:00 am this morning, the Maine Legislature passed meaningful legislation to address the growing problem of bullying in our schools.  The ACLU of Maine worked with a number of wonderful organizations--the Maine Women's Lobby, GLAD, EqualityMaine, GLSEN, the Maine Children's Alliance, the Maine Education Association, and many others to help make this legislation possible. 
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Yesterday, I spent some time getting acquainted with the new office for Mainers United in Portland.  The field team was set up and ready to go. These are the folks that will have their boots on the ground to win marriage for same-sex couples in Maine this November. I was excited to see all of the phones and computers hooked up and ready for use by volunteers who will work hard to change the hearts and minds of voters before election day.
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In the scenario below, one sentence is incorrect.  Can you find it?

The police sneak into your home and attach a tiny tracking device to your person.  The device not only reveals your physical movements but records your conversations and has the ability to view your on-line activities.
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On New Year’s Eve 2011, President Obama quietly signed the 2012 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), which codified indefinite military detention without charge or trial into law for the first time in American history. The bill was met with much criticism, specifically from the ACLU, yet despite its passage there is still much left to be decided regarding the new law.
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I have read too many stories lately about people being brutally mistreated at the hands of those who felt they were justified.  Seventeen year old Treyvon Martin, pursued and shot by a neighborhood watchman for "looking suspicious" while walking home.  Anastasio Hernandez Rojas, beaten, repeatedly tased and killed by more than a dozen Border Patrol agents for the | continue reading

The ACLU of Maine joins our colleagues across the country in thanking President Barack Obama for speaking out in favor of marriage equality today.  Like so many Americans, the President described an "evolution" in his thinking in today's interview.  This was a thoughtful and courageous response to yesterday's | continue reading

The ACLU of Maine Foundation filed suit today on behalf of Wilmer Recinos, an undocumented immigrant from El Salvador that suffered a brutal beating at the hands of two guards while being held in the Cumberland County Jail in 2010. 

Mr. Recinos experience is sadly representative of our broken immigration detention system. 
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