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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.

This week: We filed two new lawsuits to protect due process and immigrants' rights, the Scolnik Reception event is right around the corner, and some Maine news to keep you up-to-date.

Late last week, we won a preliminary victory on behalf of a man unlawfully jailed by federal immigration officials in Maine. Now we've filed a class action lawsuit to uphold the rights of other people in similar situations.