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This week at the ACLU of Maine: A new way to keep up-to-date on our work, a next step in our Sixth Amendment case, how to track the bills we're weighing in on, and more!

President Donald Trump’s assault on transgender rights is a gross overreach of presidential power and yet another attempt to punish trans people just for existing.

This week at the ACLU of Maine: Fight for abortion access at the Maine State House, a new class action complaint against Trump's mass federal firings, 23andMe privacy concerns, and more. 

We’ve been getting a lot of questions about when border agents can legally conduct searches of travelers’ electronic devices at international airports and other ports of entry. Unfortunately, the answer isn’t simple.

Limits and guardrails are vital to protect our privacy and liberty — as well as our sanity — against omnipresent AI surveillance.

It was another busy week at the ACLU of Maine: We gathered with the community at SPACE Gallery, outlined our Robbins victory and next steps, and testified in Augusta on one piece of the puzzle to end the state's Sixth Amendment crisis and uphold the right to counsel.

Khalil, who was unlawfully arrested in retaliation for his advocacy, details this violation of his free speech rights.

It was another busy week at the ACLU of Maine: We have new Know Your Rights materials, we were out and about in Portland, and we learned more about where immigrants are being held as President Trump attempts to carry out his cruel policy of "mass deportations."

Victory! A superior court ruled in our favor, ordering Maine to uphold people’s Sixth Amendment right to counsel and establish a plan to end the ongoing crisis.