Increasing Participation Should Be Focus of Election Commission
PORTLAND – The American Civil Liberties Union of Maine and the League of Women Voters of Maine will testify this evening at a public hea
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Republican Group Joins Campaign for the Freedom to Marry
AUGUSTA – Mainers United for Marriage and the American Civil Liberties Union of Maine today introduced a new partner, Republicans United for Marriage, in the campaign to win the freedom to marry.
July 23, 2012
Mainers React to Supreme Court Decision on Arizona Profiling Law
Portland – The ACLU of Maine and the Roman Catholic Diocese of Portland reacted today to the Supreme Court split decision on Arizona’s controversial immigration law, called SB 1070. The Court struck down some of the law, but upheld the most hotly disputed provision which requires police to determin
June 25, 2012
ACLU of Maine Applauds Sanford Decision to Abandon Sex Segregation
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ACLU of Maine Testimony to Congress: Stop Solitary
Portland – The ACLU of Maine submitted testimony to Congress for a hearing today on the overuse and abuse of solitary confinement. Solitary confinement is the controversial practice of locking a
June 19, 2012
ACLU Appeals FBI Stonewalling About Controversial Ethnic Mapping Program
Portland – The ACLU of Maine joined the Rhode Island ACLU today to appeal the FBI’s refusal to release virtually any information about a controversial federal program that allows for ethnic and racial “mapping” of local communities.
June 14, 2012