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Nov 6, 2024

The ACLU of Maine is Prepared for a Second Trump Presidency: A Letter From Our Executive Director

The ACLU’s commitments transcend election cycles and party politics. We are a nonpartisan organization with over 100 years of consistent advocacy for freedom and justice nationwide and 65 years in Maine. We...

By Molly Curren Rowles

Nov 5, 2024

Face Recognition Threatens to Replace Tickets, ID at Sports Events – and Beyond

You shouldn't participate in face recognition ticketing schemes.

Madison Square Garden, NY Rangers facade.

Nov 3, 2024

Why Counting the Vote Can, and Should, Take Time

Everyone remembers the four days it took to officially call the 2020 presidential race for Joe Biden. While that election seemed to take an inordinate amount of time, it’s normal for it to take several days...

A woman with a surgical mask opening absentee ballots.

Nov 1, 2024

We're Fighting for our Freedoms – No Matter Who is President

The gravity of this moment is clear to all of us. We are in conversation with state and local activists about how to prepare for, and respond to, the election outcome.

Oct 24, 2024

DHS Focus on "Soft Targets" Risks Out-of-Control Surveillance

We are all used to going through security checks at airports and some other venues, but the vast majority of events and spaces in the United States don’t have that kind of security. The question is: Do we...

Pedestrians walking through Times Square.

Oct 16, 2024

Remembering Our Co-Founder, Justice Louis Scolnik

The board and staff of the ACLU of Maine mourn the passing of Justice Louis Scolnik, co-founder and first president of the Maine chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union, now the ACLU of Maine.

By Molly Curren Rowles, Robert T. Kelley

The board and staff of the ACLU of Maine mourn the passing of Justice Louis Scolnik, co-founder and first president of the Maine chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union, now the ACLU of Maine.

By Molly Curren Rowles, Robert T. Kelley