ACLU Applauds Passage of Student Restraints Compromise
AUGUSTA - The ACLU of Maine applauded the Education Committee of the Maine Legislature for approving an amendment to LD 243, which deals with the use of restraints in the classroom.
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ACLU of Maine Joins Nationwide Investigation into Police Use of Military Technology & Tactics
PORTLAND – The ACLU of Maine and affiliates in 22 other states today filed simultaneous public records requests to determine the extent to which local police departments are using federally subsidized military technology and tactics that are traditionally used overseas.
ACLU Urges Legislators to Support National Popular Vote
AUGUSTA – The ACLU of Maine today urged lawmakers to support LD 511, which would allow Maine to participate in the National Popular Vote compact.
Civil Rights Advocates Urge Legislature To Protect Voting Rights of All Mainers
Augusta – Representatives of the ACLU of Maine, the NAACP and the Maine Council of Churches will hold a press conference Monday to call on legislators to reject proposed legislation that would take voting rights away from some incarcerated people in Maine.
March 4, 2013
ACLU of Maine Calls for Limits on Drone Surveillance
Augusta – The ACLU of Maine and other privacy advocates will testify today in favor of a bill to put reasonable limits on law enforcement use of drones for surveillance. "An Act To Protect the Privacy of Citizens from Domestic Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Use," sponsored by Sen.
February 26, 2013
ACLU Joins Broad Coalition To Call for Sensible Drug Law Reform
AUGUSTA – The ACLU of Maine will join legislators, the Marijuana Policy Project and other advocates for sensible drug law reform at a press conference today at 12:00 p.m. in Augusta to announce their support for a bill that would regulate the use of marijuana similar to alcohol.