Court Cases

We filed an amicus brief urging a federal appeals court to apply the correct test to determine if a Massachusetts police officer’s comments are protected by the First Amendment.

The ACLU of DC is representing dozens of federal workers – including a plaintiff from Maine – who were targeted in Trump's purge of federal employees associated with DEI initiatives.

On April 11, 2025, the ACLU and ACLU of Maine filed a lawsuit on behalf of two human rights advocates who, because of an executive order signed by President Trump, have been forced to stop humanitarian work with the International Criminal Court.

We sued the Trump administration for issuing an executive order that blatantly violated the plain language of the 14th Amendment to the United States Constitution.

This landmark case expanded Maine people’s rights when under police interrogation, offering stronger protections than federal law. We filed a friend-of-the-court brief and argued before Maine’s highest court.

The ACLU filed a federal class action lawsuit on behalf of more than 100 students whose F-1 student immigration statuses were unlawfully terminated. We asked the court to reinstate their F-1 student status so they could continue their studies.

We're suing to protect Maine's people from unreasonable warrantless arrests after a York County man was detained, arrested, and strip searched for a minor, nonviolent misdemeanor charge – all without a warrant or any public safety or flight risk. Police officers should not have the authority to arrest people for minor misdemeanors without a single justification.

In a landmark decision, Maine’s highest court ruled that a government entity acted in bad faith when it withheld public documents. This ruling shows that Maine’s open records laws have teeth, and that when the government illegally denies access to public documents, it will pay the price.

We filed a friend-of-the-court brief with Maine’s highest court arguing the state’s vague anti-stalking law opened the door to the criminalization of speech in violation of a 2023 U.S. Supreme Court decision. New legislation amended the law to ensure people cannot be prosecuted for protected speech.