AUGUSTA, Maine — After years of litigation, a March ruling set the stage for criminal defendants in Maine to get released ...

CONCORD, N.H. — Immigrants rights’ advocates today filed a new nationwide class-action lawsuit challenging the Trump ...

Several legal groups, including the ACLU of Maine, have filed a class-action lawsuit over President Donald Trump’s executive ...

The ACLU of Maine sued the Maine Commission on Indigent Legal Services in March 2022, saying it was failing to provide effective legal representation to poor Mainers.

The American Civil Liberties Union of Maine has reached a settlement over the failure of the state’s public defender system with a state agency's commitment to press for more funding and ...

A group filed a new class action lawsuit Friday in response to the ruling, which they say opens the door for partial ...

AUGUSTA, Maine — Today, the ACLU of Maine and the Maine Conservation Voters filed an amicus brief in a lawsuit challenging barriers to absentee voting in Maine. “Maine has an obligation to ensure that ...

WCSH-TV Portland, ME. ACLU of Maine raises alarm about man they say will likely be deported. Posted: May 27, 2025 | Last updated: May 27, 2025. Government lawyers say a judge should reject the ...

Maine not only violates the Sixth Amendment, the ACLU says, but the state's own law requiring it to adopt adequate rules. The complaint takes umbrage with Maine's lawyer-of-the-day system, wherein ...

T he ACLU of Maine is fighting for a man who has been in ICE custody at the Cumberland County Jail for more than eight months. They argue the detainee's constitutional rights are being violated.