Today marks a contradictory occasion: the inauguration of President Trump and the celebration of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. As we move into the new administration, we must carry forward Dr. King’s legacy of non-violent action to extend the promises of our founding documents to all.

The U.S. Senate on Friday will debate legislation to decimate immigrants’ due process rights, lead to mass detention, and fuel xenophobic narratives.

Two Maine private schools will argue they should be allowed to receive public education funds and to discriminate against LGBTQ students.

The Kennebec County Superior Court ruled the State of Maine is violating the Sixth Amendment rights of hundreds of people by failing to provide attorneys to people charged with a crime.

The death penalty in America is a broken process from start to finish. President Biden commuted the sentences of 37 people on federal death row, moving us one step closer to ending this heinous practice once and for all.

Two Maine schools are trying to receive public funds and discriminate against students. Any school that wants to participate in a state-funded education program must play by the same rules as all others.

Following a lawsuit from the US Department of Justice, the State of Maine has agreed to support children with disabilities and comply with federal law.

For 105 years nationwide and 65 years in Maine, the ACLU has consistently and fearlessly defended all people’s constitutional freedoms and fought politicians’ abuses of power – and we are not stopping now.

The U.S. Department of Justice has sued Maine for discriminating against young people with disabilities by denying adequate services, separating children from their families, and institutionalizing children who need health care.