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Our View: This Inauguration Day, we must recommit to our country’s promise of justice and equality

In the past four years, we have seen how fragile and precious our democracy is. Our democratic principles and institutions have been battered, but they endure. But we cannot be satisfied simply with the transition of power. We cannot move on without reckoning and accountability.

January 20, 2021

Incarcerated People Should Get Priority Access to the COVID-19 Vaccine. It’s the Smart and Humane Thing to Do.

Protecting incarcerated people is a matter of science, law, and basic humanity.

December 24, 2020

Separated Families, Death, and Despair — All at the Hands of CBP. We Need Action, Now.

Customs and Border Protection (CBP) is at the heart of some of the greatest moral horrors of the last four years, personified in stories that we cannot forget.

December 2, 2020

ACLU of Maine Launches 2020 Voter Protection Hotline

Voters can ask questions about voting or report issues they are encountering. The hotline will have interpretation services. Non-English speakers are encouraged to call.

October 19, 2020

Statement of the ACLU of Maine on Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s Death

There is no description of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s monumental life that would sufficiently capture how she changed this country.

September 19, 2020

Federal Judges are Failing Incarcerated People During the Pandemic

I’ve spent the last six months on the frontlines of the legal battle to protect incarcerated people from preventable illness and death as jails and prisons fumbled their response to the COVID-19 crisis.

September 15, 2020