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If you’ve ever watched a courtroom drama or TV show like Law and Order, then you’ve seen at least a dozen objections being made in a trial. Unfortunately, many of these shows paint courtroom objections in a negative light, with the attorney raising the objection trying to keep relevant evidence

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In our last blog post, we covered how state constitutions can protect the same individual rights that the United States Constitution protects. On closer inspection, the fact that a state constitution can, for example, prohibit unreasonable searches and seizures does not make it duplicative with the federal constitution, which also

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One of the biggest jobs of a criminal defense attorney is to protect you from unreasonable searches, or improper seizures. Your right to be free from these government intrusions into your life is guaranteed by the U.S. Constitution, in the Fourth Amendment. However, as a resident of Maine, you are

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The Supreme Court of the United States is a very unique court in our country. Unlike the other courts, the Supreme Court only has certiorari jurisdiction, meaning that it gets to decide if it wants to hear a case, or not. They rarely do, with under 5% of appeals to

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Just like in any other state, Maine has a lot of armchair constitutional scholars. These are people who may have read the U.S. Constitution a few times, and come to the understanding that it creates a body of government, and then reserves a handful of rights for individuals. However, since

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