A developing situation out of Connecticut showcases just how important it is to know your rights, and just how willing police are to push you around to get their way and make their jobs easier. Man Protests OUI Checkpoint Just like in the state of Maine, sobriety checkpoints are legal
When it comes to the grand scheme of Maine’s operating under the influence (OUI) laws, implied consent rules serve a crucial purpose. However, with the changes to OUI laws over the past few decades to make them more and more draconian, implied consent laws have also been beefed up until
In one of our latest blog posts, we covered why we have implied consent laws in Maine. In short, implied consent laws are a legal mechanism to automatically penalize someone for refusing to take a chemical test to determine their blood alcohol content (BAC). By implying your consent to take
There are a lot of laws on the books in Maine that, on first inspection, seem to be there for the sole purpose of boggling your mind. In many of these cases, though, it can be helpful to try to understand the problem in our society that these laws are
Presidential nominee Donald Trump made some headlines recently when, during the first presidential debate of the campaign, he said that the police practice of “stop and frisk,” also called Terry stops, that had been used in New York City should be used on a national scale. To defend this statement,
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