Ratified by the states in 1868, the 14th Amendment holds that, “All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and ...

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

A state attorney told a judge Friday he's not against releasing some criminal defendants from jail who have been denied their constitutional rights to a lawyer, as long as public safety is taken into ...

A judge recently ruled state failed to provide low-income defendants with legal representation. Over the past three days, a ...

The American Civil Liberties Union of Maine was in court Wednesday to argue for the widespread release of low-income Mainers ...

A superior court justice will hear arguments this week about what the state can do to meet its constitutional obligation to ...

Trump's order says the federal government won't recognize the birthright of children born to parents in the country without ...

Maine Attorney General Aaron Frey has joined a multistate lawsuit challenging President Donald Trump's order to deny citizenship to children born in the United States to noncitizens. The suit — filed ...

New Hampshire Indonesian Community Support and two other organizations are challenging an executive order signed late Monday ...

In addition, the ACLU of Maine is part of another lawsuit over the same executive order signed by President Donald Trump ...

In separate legal actions, Maine Attorney General Aaron Frey and the American Civil Liberties Union of Maine sued the Trump ...

The ACLU has won a settlement that will allow certain ... “I was taken to a detention center, and some of the women there shared with me how they too were separated from their families.” ...