The erosion of civil liberties, tolerated by the most of the public, was how the Nazi regime took control in Germany.
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Maine Voices: James G. Blaine, Maine and the ‘wall of separation’
It’s fitting that the Supreme Court used a Maine case to permit public funding for religious schools since the prohibition got its start with a Maine politician.
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Our View: Reform Supreme Court before it’s too late
The Republican capture of the judicial branch can’t be fixed without structural changes.
Posted inHealth, Local & State, Nation & World
Supreme Court rejects COVID-19 shot mandate case that is similar to Maine’s
The current case involves a COVID-19 vaccine requirement for health care workers in New York that doesn’t offer an exemption for religious reasons.
Posted inNation & World, News
Jackson sworn in, becomes first Black woman on Supreme Court
The 51-year-old Ketanji Brown Jackson becomes the court’s 116th justice, replacing Justice Stephen Breyer, whose retirement was effective at noon Thursday.
Posted inNation & World
Justices limit 2020 ruling on tribal lands in Oklahoma
The Supreme Court says the state can prosecute non-Native Americans for crimes committed on tribal land when the victim is Native American.
Posted inLocal & State
Young women react with shock, resolve to court’s decision to overturn abortion rights
As some women in their 20s feel they have lost a constitutional right many had taken for granted, Maine law still allows for abortions.
Posted inBusiness, Nation & World, News
Supreme Court sides with doctors convicted in pain pill schemes
Justice Stephen Breyer wrote that prosecutors must prove that doctors knew they were illegally prescribing powerful pain drugs in violation of the federal Controlled Substances Act.
Posted inLocal & State
Maine prepares for increase in out-of-state abortion seekers
Within hours of Friday’s Supreme Court ruling, Planned Parenthood of Northern New England had already fielded calls from three women living in a so-called ‘dark state’ in search of an abortion appointment in Maine, a spokeswoman says.
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Our View: Court uses Maine to knock down church-state wall
In the name of religious freedom, the Supreme Court forces taxpayers to fund religious education for some.