News & Commentary

This week at the ACLU of Maine: We're investigation an unlawful traffic stop by CBP in Presque Isle, and more.

Election Day is Tuesday, November 4. You can help protect voting rights by voting NO on Question 1.

This week at the ACLU of Maine: We announce the Scolnik Award Nominee, join us in protest this weekend, Know Your Rights, and more!

What President Donald Trump’s latest memorandum targeting civil society does, does not, and cannot do.

This week: Arguments at Maine's highest court, supporting local art and civil liberties, celebrating Banned Books Week, and preparing for the Scolnik Award to honor Mainers committed to civil liberties.

This Banned Books Week, we’re teaming up with the Maine Library Association to defend the freedom to read – because democracy depends on open access to ideas.

Support the ACLU of Maine with prints from a collaboration between local artists Ryan and Rachel Adams and Paper Tides Printing.

Earlier this year, we won an order requiring Maine to provide attorneys to people who cannot afford their own, just as the Sixth Amendment requires – but the state appealed.

A federal court ordered our client released, finding the government had unlawfully jailed him and denied him a bond hearing – a blatant violation of federal law.