Civil Liberties Need Your Support
February 8, 2010 - 12:07pm | by katyOn Friday the MCLU testified in support of LD 1561, An Act to Regulate the use of Traffic Surveillance Cameras. The traffic surveillance cameras are a concerning technology because they can spy on people and create databases and maps of innocent people’s travel. At the Public Hearing Legislators heard from concerned citizens, the Ma | continue reading
Making Your Voice Heard in Augusta
February 5, 2010 - 6:24pm | by shennaI spent most of today in Augusta at the public hearing on LD 1561, An Act to Regulate the Use of Traffic Surveillance Cameras, where I testified in favor of privacy. If you care as much about privacy and solitary confinement as I do, please join us for an MCLU Lobby Day at the Statehouse in Augusta on Tuesday, February 9 at 9 am. Talking to elected officials truly matters because ultimately t | continue reading
Who Speaks for the ATV?
February 5, 2010 - 2:40pm | by zachI want to say at that outset that I do not own an All-Terrain Vehicle (ATV), and as far as I can remember I have never even riden one. I remember that some neighbors of mine growing up had one, and it looked like fun, but my parents wouldn't let me anywhere near it. So, it is not out of any deep personal affection for the ATV that I keep urging that, before
Don’t Spy On Me
February 3, 2010 - 3:20pm | by briannaBy now hopefully you’ve heard we’re supporting a bill sponsored by Senator Damon that will ban Automatic License Plate Readers (ALPRs) in our state. When we first started working on the issue, I have to admit I wasn’t that alarmed. Really, how much do I understand about technology like that anyway? | continue reading
Join The Petitition Against Solitary Confinement
February 2, 2010 - 6:11pm | by edwardIt's hard to see why anyone would oppose LD 1611: "An Act to Ensure Humane Treatment of Special Management Unit Prisoners".
Read the Bill. | continue reading
Tomorrow is only the beginning (we hope)
February 1, 2010 - 3:35pm | by claireLast week, President Obama announced that 2010 would be the year that he sign a law that would repeal “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell”, a “compromise” policy signed by President Clinton to allow gay men and women to serve in the military, albeit they could never tell | continue reading
They who give up liberty to obtain temporary safety, deserve neither.
January 30, 2010 - 1:49am | by alysiaNext Friday, at 1pm, Maine's Transportation Committee will hear LD - 1561, Act To Regulate the Use of Traffic Surveillance Cameras. | continue reading
"Un-American and Discriminatory Don't Ask, Don't Tell"
January 28, 2010 - 5:09pm | by briannaLast night in his State of the Union address, President Obama called for the repeal of the Don't Ask, Don't Tell policy. | continue reading
The Return of the Ab-Only Debate
January 27, 2010 - 12:37pm | by claireWith the news yesterday that teen pregnancy rates have increased for the first time in 2005-2006 since the 1990s, the debate over abstinence-only education versus comprehensive sex education has been revived. | continue reading
Body Scanners Do Not Work
January 26, 2010 - 3:51pm | by edwardYet more evidence that full body scanners do not work. This was posted by Suzanne Ito on the ACLU Blog Of Rights. | continue reading
The MCLU is going to the Statehouse
January 25, 2010 - 4:46pm | by katyThe Legislature needs to hear from us!
Join members of the MCLU at a Statehouse Day of Action on Tuesday, February 9th from 9am – noon. | continue reading
Launching Our Solitary Confinement Campaign Today
January 21, 2010 - 7:09pm | by shennaI spent most of today in Augusta with MCLU staffers Brianna Twofoot and Alysia Melnick. It was an inspiring day with a press conference to formally launch a campaign to limit the use of solitary confinement. You can read a brief version of the MPBN story here. | continue reading
Welcome Back, Free Speech.
January 21, 2010 - 3:24pm | by claireIn a free society, we don’t censor our critics. But about six years ago, the Bush administration decided to surrender that crucial First Amendment principle. | continue reading
Supporting Students in Augusta Today
January 20, 2010 - 3:12pm | by alysiaI write from the legislative library. I just finished by testimony before the Committee on Education and Cultural Affairs in support of Senator Justin Alfond’s bill, “An Act To Increase Maine's High School Graduation Rate” No one testified in opposition, probably because no one is opposed to increasing the graduation rate. How we go about making that happen, however, is vitally important. < | continue reading
ACLU Obtains List of Bagram Detainees...Why Am I Disappointed?
January 19, 2010 - 4:49pm | by edwardOn Friday, the ACLU announced
that the Defense Department released a list of the people imprisoned at Bagram
Air Base in
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