Their ability to take on this task will say much about their ability to take on all the others.
constitution
Our View: Cable television fights Maine law – and the future
While younger generations flock to streaming services, the cable industry is holding on to an unfair, overly expensive way of doing business.
Insight: Presidential wrongdoing is nothing new
But Donald Trump’s conduct has pushed the nation into uncharted territory.
Another View: Florida must break out of lockstep with states that suppress the black vote
Requiring ex-convicts to pay all their fines and fees in order to cast a ballot undercuts a law that restores their voting rights.
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.
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.
Jim Fossel: 2020 Democratic candidates pushing top-down reform
Leading contenders for the presidency are calling for national projects that would interfere with state and local prerogatives.
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.
Dana Milbank: Corey Lewandowski debuts his Senate campaign theme – unbridled nastiness
The House Judiciary Committee reaches a new low during the appearance of the obnoxious one-time Trump campaign manager.
Maine Voices: 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.