Research & Publications

A snapshot of 12 busy and exciting months at the ACLU of Maine.

IN PROGRESS: People without stable housing are arrested much more often than those with permanent housing, usually for nonviolent, low-level offenses. To better understand this disparity in our state, the ACLU of Maine is asking for public records related to the arrests of unhoused people.

IN PROGRESS: We're demanding information from state and federal agencies about how Maine's state and local law enforcement are helping to carry out Trump's cruel immigration policies.

The ACLU’s commitments transcend election cycles and party politics. We are a nonpartisan organization with over 100 years of consistent advocacy for freedom and justice nationwide and 65 years in Maine. We are clear-eyed about the dangers posed by a second Trump presidency and the challenges ahead.

Two years after Trump’s Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, the ACLU examines how a second Trump administration would further imperil abortion access and reproductive rights nationwide – and our roadmap to fight back.

Donald Trump and his allies have promised to take actions that would disenfranchise millions, suppress the right to vote, and limit voting access.

A second Trump administration poses threats to the LGBTQ community, particularly transgender people.

Based on Trump’s campaign promises – and the detailed policy proposals of Project 2025 – we can expect a second Trump administration to supercharge efforts to reverse gains in civil rights and racial justice in America.

Donald Trump’s four years in office were marked by gross abuses of executive power, including efforts to trample protest and dissent — key freedoms at the heart of our participatory democracy.