There is an ongoing legal and budget battle over the rights of people charged with crimes in Maine who can't afford a lawyer.

The American Civil Liberties Union of Maine was in court Wednesday to argue for the widespread release of low-income Mainers who face criminal charges but have not been appointed lawyers.

The three-day trial over Maine's failure to provide adequate legal representation to low-income defendants concluded today in ...

A judge ruled this month that hundreds of people in Maine who are constitutionally entitled to legal representation have been effectively denied an attorney. Now, the court must decide what to do ...

The lawsuit, presented in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, alleges Trump's effort to unilaterally ban ...

(Photo by Jim Neuger) After a superior court judge found Maine guilty of failing to provide counsel to those who can’t afford it, the American Civil Liberties Union of Maine is arguing that people ...

In an executive order, Trump declared that the situation at the southern border constitutes an invasion of America and that ...

For years, Barfield had been resisting what he describes as mission drift: a retreat by the nation’s premier free-speech organization from the viewpoint-neutral defense of civil liberties, which had ...

Jan. 21—The American Civil Liberties Union of Maine has joined a lawsuit against the Trump administration over an executive order seeking to deny citizenship status for children born in the United ...

but MedPro knew they didn’t have to accommodate me because leaving the job could ruin me. ACLU: Before signing, what was your understanding of the “stay or pay” contracts? SHINY: I knew there would be ...

The case was filed by the American Civil Liberties Union, ACLU of New Hampshire, ACLU of Maine, ACLU of Massachusetts, Asian Law Caucus, State Democracy Defenders Fund, and Legal Defense Fund on ...