The move had been in the works for months, but the president reversed the decision on a day when he was criticized for reports that he has disparaged service members.
First Amendment
Posted inMaine, News, Schools & Education
Appeals court reviews ruling that put Cape Elizabeth student’s suspension on hold
The district suspended Aela Mansmann for 3 days last year after she posted notes in a school bathroom about a rapist in the high school, an act she and her mother argue constitutes protected speech.
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Posted inLewiston-Auburn
Appeals court: Topsham student has no right to record school day
TOPSHAM — A U.S. appeals court ruled this week that a special education student does not have a right, under the First Amendment, to wear a recording device in school. The Boston-based U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, which first heard the case Jan. 8, ruled Monday in favor of School Administrative District […]
Posted inMaine, sj-web
Newspapers sue Biddeford over ordinance limiting deliveries
Two York County newspapers have filed a federal lawsuit against the city of Biddeford, saying an ordinance aimed at curbing deliveries of free, unsolicited papers violates the U.S. and Maine constitutions. The companies that publish the Journal Tribune and Biddeford-Saco-OOB Courier say an ordinance adopted last year — an effort to reduce litter complaints — […]
Posted inMaine, sj-web
ACLU to Paul LePage: Stop censoring Facebook
AUGUSTA — The American Civil Liberties Union demanded Monday that Gov. Paul LePage stop censoring his official Facebook page to delete comments he doesn’t like and block opponents from accessing or commenting on it. “The governor doesn’t get to decide who speaks and who doesn’t, based on whether they are praising him or disagreeing with […]
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Mark LaFlamme
Street Talk: The First Amendment, locked in a cage
It was a prison inmate who first explained to me that the income tax may be unconstitutional and he urged me to look into it. I did, and damn if he didn’t have a point. It was a prisoner who best described the burning thirst of addiction and another who explained the weird compulsions that […]
Posted inFranklin, The Franklin Journal
Constitution Day observed Wednesday at UMF
FARMINGTON — The University of Maine at Farmington will observe Constitution Day with a U.S. Supreme Court case review by Jim Melcher, UMF professor of political science and adviser for the UMF pre-law program. Free and open to the public, the eighth annual Constitution Day will be presented at 11:45 a.m. Wednesday, Sept. 17, in […]