ACLU of Maine
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Working in the State House, courts, and communities since 1968 to protect and expand the civil rights and liberties of all in the Pine Tree State.
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If ICE is in your community or on the streets, remember: you have rights. Learn more about what you should do if ICE is at your home, in your community, or placing you under arrest.
November 26, 2025 at 8:13 PM
If ICE is in your community or on the streets, remember: you have rights. Learn more about what you should do if ICE is at your home, in your community, or placing you under arrest.
We're so excited to honor Professor Anna Welch with our 32nd Justice Louis Scolnik Award! But you don't have to take our word for it. See what her students and colleagues have to say.
Buy tickets to celebrate with us on Wednesday, Nov. 12 >> ACLUMaine.org/2025ScolnikAward
Buy tickets to celebrate with us on Wednesday, Nov. 12 >> ACLUMaine.org/2025ScolnikAward
November 7, 2025 at 9:58 PM
We're so excited to honor Professor Anna Welch with our 32nd Justice Louis Scolnik Award! But you don't have to take our word for it. See what her students and colleagues have to say.
Buy tickets to celebrate with us on Wednesday, Nov. 12 >> ACLUMaine.org/2025ScolnikAward
Buy tickets to celebrate with us on Wednesday, Nov. 12 >> ACLUMaine.org/2025ScolnikAward
We're celebrating the 32nd Justice Louis Scolnik Award on Weds., Nov. 12! We're thrilled to honor Prof. Anna Welch, founding director of Maine Law's Refugee and Human Rights Clinic.
Join us over cocktails, hors d’oeuvres, and music. Tickets on sale through 11/10 at ACLUMaine.org/2025ScolnikAward.
Join us over cocktails, hors d’oeuvres, and music. Tickets on sale through 11/10 at ACLUMaine.org/2025ScolnikAward.
November 5, 2025 at 9:05 PM
We're celebrating the 32nd Justice Louis Scolnik Award on Weds., Nov. 12! We're thrilled to honor Prof. Anna Welch, founding director of Maine Law's Refugee and Human Rights Clinic.
Join us over cocktails, hors d’oeuvres, and music. Tickets on sale through 11/10 at ACLUMaine.org/2025ScolnikAward.
Join us over cocktails, hors d’oeuvres, and music. Tickets on sale through 11/10 at ACLUMaine.org/2025ScolnikAward.
Houlton officials used surveillance cameras equipped with facial recognition technology to track people and vehicles. This clearly violated state law restricting when state and local governments can use this technology. Only after Houlton residents threatened to sue did the town remove the cameras.
October 29, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Houlton officials used surveillance cameras equipped with facial recognition technology to track people and vehicles. This clearly violated state law restricting when state and local governments can use this technology. Only after Houlton residents threatened to sue did the town remove the cameras.
Election Day is right around the corner, and Question 1 is on every Maine ballot. It would upend safe and secure absentee voting like this.
Vote NO on Question 1 to save absentee voting. Make a plan to vote, track your ballot, and more by visiting ACLUMaine.org/Vote.
Vote NO on Question 1 to save absentee voting. Make a plan to vote, track your ballot, and more by visiting ACLUMaine.org/Vote.
October 19, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Election Day is right around the corner, and Question 1 is on every Maine ballot. It would upend safe and secure absentee voting like this.
Vote NO on Question 1 to save absentee voting. Make a plan to vote, track your ballot, and more by visiting ACLUMaine.org/Vote.
Vote NO on Question 1 to save absentee voting. Make a plan to vote, track your ballot, and more by visiting ACLUMaine.org/Vote.
NEW: Our client has been released after CBP unlawfully jailed him for several days. The federal government is systematically violating federal law to jail people without bond hearings.
CBP is not allowed to rewrite the law, and the courts agree.
CBP is not allowed to rewrite the law, and the courts agree.
October 1, 2025 at 7:43 PM
NEW: Our client has been released after CBP unlawfully jailed him for several days. The federal government is systematically violating federal law to jail people without bond hearings.
CBP is not allowed to rewrite the law, and the courts agree.
CBP is not allowed to rewrite the law, and the courts agree.