ACLU of Maine and Maine Conservation Voters File Amicus Brief in Maine Voting Rights Case
AUGUSTA – Today, the ACLU of Maine and the Maine Conservation Voters filed an amicus brief in a lawsuit challenging barriers to absentee voting in Maine.
AUGUSTA – Today, the ACLU of Maine and the Maine Conservation Voters filed an amicus brief in a lawsuit challenging barriers to absentee voting in Maine.
ACLU affiliates in New Hampshire, Maine, and Vermont today filed a federal lawsuit challenging the use of unconstitutional border patrol checkpoints that frequently occur on I-93 in Woodstock, New Hampshire and elsewhere in northern New England.
Court of Appeals affirms lower court’s preliminary injunction, blocking the student’s suspension. Writing for the Court, Judge Lynch found, the school, “is not permitted to punish a student merely because her speech causes argument on a controversial topic.”
“While this ban is a major victory for Portland’s residents, it could have been even stronger if the City Council had passed Councilor Ali’s more robust version," said Michael Kebede, policy counsel for the ACLU of Maine.
Augusta – The members of the Committee on Judiciary who were present at a work session today voted 8 – 0 “ought to pass as amended” on LD 1421.
Following news that drug overdose deaths have dramatically increased over the course of the COVID-19 pandemic, members of the Maine Coalition for Sensible Drug Policy c