The ACLU, ACLU of Maine, and the National Women’s Law Center filed an amicus brief with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit urging it to uphold a Maine federal district court’s ruling that the Maine Equal Pay Law forbids sex-based disparities in employee pay.
The class action settlement also recognizes that incarcerated people have a constitutionally protected property interest in their prison accounts.
A Department of Justice investigation concludes that Maine's children's behavioral health system creates a significant risk of segregating and institutionalizing children with disabilities, in violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act.
The Supreme Court issued a ruling today in Carson v. Makin that requires the state of Maine to fund religious education at private religious schools as part of its tuition assistance program.
Maine Superior Court Justice Michaela Murphy is allowing the ACLU of Maine to move forward with its constitutional challenge to Maine’s indigent defense system.
All youth in Maine should be safe at school, including LGBTQ+ youth. This ought to be obvious. So we are all deeply disappointed to see that playbooks used in other states that fearmonger about transgender young people in our communities have made their way to Maine.