U.S. Constitution
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PublishedJanuary 11, 2022
Maine Voices: Without state ERA, women face unfair barriers to equality
The U.S. Constitution’s silence on the fundamental legal rights of women makes it critical that these rights are spelled out clearly in the Maine Constitution.
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PublishedJanuary 6, 2022
Commentary: The U.S. has long sought to exploit Guantánamo’s legal contradictions
For 20 years, the United States has held detainees at Guantanamo. The base’s problems are even older.
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PublishedDecember 31, 2021
Our View: Judge’s order against The New York Times cannot stand
With very few and exact exceptions, no one in government can tell a newspaper what it can and cannot publish.
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PublishedDecember 30, 2021
Commentary: White supremacists are using an old playbook, but so are the lawyers fighting them
We have shown how to use the Ku Klux Klan Act of 1871 against extremists.
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PublishedDecember 16, 2021
Commentary: First Amendment protects our right to live our freedoms
On the 230th anniversary of the amendment’s official adoption, let’s consider why the freedoms of religion, speech, press, assembly and petition were bundled together.
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PublishedDecember 12, 2021
Jim Fossel: Supreme Court could make abortion an issue for the states
Even if Roe is overturned, reproductive rights still will be subject to an often-messy democratic process.
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PublishedDecember 9, 2021
Our View: Maine case gives religious right an opportunity
Three new conservative Christians on the U.S. Supreme Court could tear down the wall between church and state.
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PublishedDecember 2, 2021
Our View: Justice Kavanaugh reveals radical view of abortion limits
As a nominee, he told Sen. Collins that Roe is ‘settled law’; as a justice, he says abortion should be a matter for the states to decide.
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PublishedNovember 28, 2021
Insight: Are we ready for more guns at protests?
The Rittenhouse verdict could make armed civilians a normal occurrence at political events, changing the composition of who is willing to participate
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PublishedNovember 19, 2021
Commentary: We’re facing a supreme threat of gun violence
If the Supreme Court rules against licensing laws like New York state’s, then anyone who legally owns a gun might be able to carry it in public.
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