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Jan 20, 2021

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...
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...
U.S. Capitol (Matt Wade/Flickr Creative Commons)
U.S. Capitol (Matt Wade/Flickr Creative Commons)
Dec 24, 2020

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. 
Protecting incarcerated people is a matter of science, law, and basic humanity. 
Syringes with doses of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine on a surgical tray.
Syringes with doses of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine on a surgical tray.
Dec 2, 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.

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.

Immigrant detainees walk down a hall escorted by heavily armed CBP officers.
Immigrant detainees walk down a hall escorted by heavily armed CBP officers.
Oct 19, 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.

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.

News Alert
News Alert
Sep 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.  

As a lawyer, Ginsburg led the ACLU’s Women’s Rights Project in...

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

As a lawyer, Ginsburg led the ACLU’s Women’s Rights Project in...

News Alert
News Alert
Sep 15, 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.

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.

A row of general population inmates, handcuffed and in orange jumpsuits, walk in a line at San Quentin State Prison.
A row of general population inmates, handcuffed and in orange jumpsuits, walk in a line at San Quentin State Prison.