Maine Law

How Far Does The Principle Underlying Vaccine Mandates Extend? Posted by Edmund R. Folsom, Esq. October 1, 2021 “Carrie Buck is a feeble-minded white woman who was committed to the State Colony [for Epileptics and Feeble Minded] in due form. … Read More

I See a Bad Moon Rising Over Maine’s Indigent Defense System. Posted by Edmund R. Folsom August 30, 2021 Bad things are afoot in the realm of indigent defense in Maine.  A lot of damage has been done, and it … Read More

Woke Dopes, Drunk on Progressive Fantasy, Gaze Dispassionately at Their Sacrificial Altar, From Afar. Posted by Edmund R. Folsom August 24, 2021 Because selectively enforced law is a plaything of corruption, and because law cannot exist effectively in an atmosphere … Read More

A Lawless Southern Border and a COVID spike. Posted By Edmund R. Folsom August 5, 2021   Our federal government is allowing vast numbers of people to illegally flood into the U.S. over our southern border and stay here, a … Read More

Lang v. California: What Difference Does it Make? Posted by Edmund R. Folsom, June 26, 2021. Lang v. California, 594 U.S. __ (2021), decided June 23, 2021, tells us that police are not automatically justified in entering a home without … Read More

State v. Cardilli, Self-Defense with a Gun — It’s Complicated and Dangerous. Posted by Edmund R. Folsom, June 2, 2021. The law of self-defense is complicated.  State v. Cardilli, 2021 ME 31 demonstrates some of that complexity.  It also makes … Read More

Yelling “Fire” In a Crowded Theater & “Absolute” Constitutional Amendments. Posted by Edmund R. Folsom May 4, 2021 President Biden has taken a shine to repeating something about constitutional rights that is very misleading.  He said it in his recent speech … Read More

Atlanta, Boulder & Saco — Hate Crimes, Categorically Bad Oppressors and the Categorically Noble Oppressed. Posted by Edmund R. Folsom March 26, 2021 Mass Shootings Dominate the News — Hate Crimes, Angry White Males, or What? There was a lot … Read More

Plea Negotiating Judges, Caps on Sentence and State v. Gordon. Posted by Edmund R. Folsom March 9, 2021 Intro to a black swan. In State v. Gordon, 2021 ME 9, decided February 23, 2021, Mario Gordon’s lawyer misread signals from … Read More

Indigent Defense In Maine — How Special Are We? Posted by Edmund R. Folsom February 21, 2021 The Indigent Defense Debate Heats up Again. Things are heating up again on Maine’s indigent defense front. The Legislature’s Judiciary Committee held a … Read More