PORTLAND – Today, the United States District Court for the District of Maine declared that a Portland ordinance that prohibits anyone from standing on a median strip for any reason but planting political campaign signs, including for all other forms of pr
PORTLAND – The ACLU of Maine and the law firm Goodwin Procter LLP will be in federal court Tuesday to challenge a sweeping ban on being in medians in Portland. The ban was enacted by the city council in July and went into effect in August.
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PORTLAND – The ACLU of Maine and the law firm Goodwin Procter LLP last night filed a lawsuit against the city of Portland, charging that a sweeping ban on being in medians is unconstitutional. The ban was enacted by the city council in July and went into effect in August.
FAIRFIELD – The ACLU of Maine yesterday sent a letter to Joshua Reny, Town Manager of Fairfield, urging him to repeal an overbroad policy governing social media use by town employees. The policy violates the Fourth and Fourteenth Amendment rights of town employees, according to the ACLU.
SOUTH PORTLAND – The Maine Supreme Judicial Court today ruled that a City of South Portland policy prohibiting all city employees from running for or serving in city elected office violated the rights of two city employees.