As it confronts an epochal series of decisions about how we conduct our presidential elections, the U.S. Supreme Court is skating on thin ice. Monday’s unanimous decision restoring Donald Trump to the Maine ballot just before in-person voting in Tuesday’s presidential primary was not unexpected, but its sweeping nature certainly was. The court agreed that […]
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Noah Feldman: Supreme Court buries the fantasy of keeping Trump off the ballot
The Supreme Court has unanimously concluded that Colorado can’t keep Donald Trump off the ballot. Section 3 of the 14th amendment, which says that a former officeholder who becomes an insurrectionist can’t hold federal office, won’t save us from a potential second Trump presidency. The court correctly rejected what I would call the National Treasure […]
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Opinion: Children should not be languishing in hospital emergency rooms
Last year, 345 vulnerable children and teens spent more than 48 hours in MaineHealth’s ERs awaiting discharge to appropriate behavioral health services. It’s just not good enough.
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Commentary: Assisted suicide is not health care
I have practiced medicine in the U.S. as a pediatrician and in a developing country as a family physician, caring for patients from birth to old age. As a patient, I have experienced excruciating pain. I’ve survived cancer, undergone major surgery and brought these experiences to bear in my role as physician and healer. And […]
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Commentary: Without even ruling on Trump’s immunity claim, the Supreme Court handed him a huge victory
Given the Supreme Court’s possible responses to Donald Trump’s appeal of the D.C. Circuit’s denial of his claim of immunity from prosecution, the justices’ decision Wednesday has to be counted as a gift to the former president. That’s because the court came through for him on the most important axis: time. The court’s fairly Delphic […]
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Opinion: ‘Work longer’ is no solution for people who can’t afford to retire
While some older workers are making good money, millions are stuck in low-paying, physically demanding and dangerous jobs at which they have little if any voice or power.
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Opinion: Older Mainers are at risk without Medicare Savings Program
Denying hundreds of people this valuable relief takes the state’s economy in the wrong direction.
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The Maine Millennial: Looking for a job is a full-time job
Maybe it’s not that nobody wants to work anymore, it’s that they don’t want to jump through the hoops of the application process.
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Opinion: Beachfront property owners should learn to chill
The Maine Supreme Judicial Court could be on the cusp of returning use of the state’s coastal beaches to the people of Maine. Whether or not that comes to pass, reason and basic civility should prevail.
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Opinion: Immediate action needed to secure affordable internet in Maine
High-speed internet is not a luxury for older Mainers, it is a necessity.