There is an obligation to rein in the chief executive when he or she has flouted the Constitution and the rule of law, even if conviction is unlikely.
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Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: Time to rethink system for defending Maine’s poor
Questions about cost and quality should lead lawmakers to consider starting a public defender system.
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Posted inGreg Kesich, Op-Eds, Opinion
Greg Kesich: Letters about vaccines blur the lines
As the old saying goes, everyone is entitled to their own opinion, but not to their own facts.
Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion
Maine Voices: Trump’s demonization of immigrants is nothing new. But it’s time to say ‘no more’
Speak out against his rhetoric, and against elevating an immigration hard-liner to homeland security secretary.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: Border Patrol should stop racial profiling
Federal agents ought to know that it’s no crime to have brown skin or speak a language other than English.
Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion
Commentary: Texan offers Mainers a practical primer on U.S. Border ‘patrolling’
Given a new chief Border Patrol agent’s plans to expand warrantless searches here, Mainers should prepare for challenges to their constitutional rights.
Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion
Maine Compass: We can’t afford to take abortion rights for granted
A wave of state bans demonstrates the increasing hostility to reproductive choice and women’s autonomy.
Posted inMaine Voices, Op-Eds, Opinion
Maine Voices: Citizens United still casts a shadow
We need to amend the Constitution to limit corporate money in politics.
Posted inMaine Voices, Op-Eds, Opinion
Maine Voices: Chief Justice Roberts resorts to flawed theory to justify punting on gerrymandering
Originalism is wholesale fraud, manufactured by Justice Antonin Scalia and the Federalist Society.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Another View: Supreme Court declares the sabotage of democracy none of its business
The highest court in the land is refusing to use the tools it has to defend voting rights.