We applaud the work of the Permanent Commission on the Status of Racial, Indigenous and Maine Tribal Populations, which applied a racial equity lens to 454 bills in the 129th Legislative Session, and selected 46 bills that center addressing racial disparities.
AUGUSTA – Today, the ACLU of Maine and the Maine Conservation Voters filed an amicus brief in a lawsuit challenging barriers to absentee voting in Maine.
ACLU affiliates in New Hampshire, Maine, and Vermont today filed a federal lawsuit challenging the use of unconstitutional border patrol checkpoints that frequently occur on I-93 in Woodstock, New Hampshire and elsewhere in northern New England.
Court of Appeals affirms lower court’s preliminary injunction, blocking the student’s suspension. Writing for the Court, Judge Lynch found, the school, “is not permitted to punish a student merely because her speech causes argument on a controversial topic.”
“While this ban is a major victory for Portland’s residents, it could have been even stronger if the City Council had passed Councilor Ali’s more robust version," said Michael Kebede, policy counsel for the ACLU of Maine.
Augusta – The members of the Committee on Judiciary who were present at a work session today voted 8 – 0 “ought to pass as amended” on LD 1421.