The timing for a special session to appropriate $13 million for public defenders may not be ideal. That should not stop Gov. Mills from calling it.
U.S. Constitution
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: Mills, lawmakers have obligation to aid legal system for low-income Mainers
Maine’s governor seems hesitant to call a special session. She should reconsider.
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Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Commentary: Biden administration offers thoughts and prayers on equal rights amendment. Can it do more?
In fact, it’s the direct responsibility of the administration to publish the 28th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Commentary: Maine correctional system buckling under weight of staffing shortage
Longstanding staff shortages and an overreliance on overtime come with many costs.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: Maine’s indigent legal services system cannot wait for help any longer
Gov. Mills and the Legislature could have solved this problem last session. Now the crisis has deepened.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Another View: Mercifully, the U.S. Constitution is not based on the Bible
Elected officials like Missouri’s Josh Hawley seek to impose their beliefs on school curricula, equal rights, bodily autonomy and other issues.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Another View: If cases involving Trump reach the Supreme Court, Clarence Thomas must recuse himself
Public perception matters; Thomas, of all people, should know that.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Commentary: Lawyers are to be blamed for lack of access to justice in Maine
It’s not that attorneys don’t want to represent low-income clients – it’s that we’ve made it impossible for each other to do so.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Commentary: When partisanship trumps journalistic integrity, the truth loses
It is clear that smear has carried the day when the Press Herald’s editorial page editor is willing to brand someone a liar without even calling that person.
Posted inGreg Kesich, Op-eds, Opinion
The View From Here: Abortion may just be the beginning
Federalist Society donors are poised to create changes to American life through the courts that could not be accomplished through the democratic process.