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Maine state government wrestles over the separation of powers. Posted by Ed Folsom, June 2, 2025 Separation of powers: who decides what falls within the powers of each branch of government? The separation of powers is a key part of … Read More
The End of Michael Geilenfeld’s Judicial Lottery Story. Posted by Ed Folsom, May 25, 2025. (Revised to include link to Miami Herald story May 31, 2025). This is my third blog touching on the very strange story of Michael Geilenfeld … Read More
Maine’s Real ID Messaging Switch as Deadline Looms. Posted May 3, 2025 by Ed Folsom. It is May 3, 2025, and strict enforcement of the federal law that no longer allows travelers to fly on a non-Real ID-compliant Maine driver’s … Read More
Does York County Show the Way to Solving Maine’s Stubborn Criminal Case Backlog? Posted by Ed Folsom, April 16, 2025. While Maine’s Unified Criminal Docket (UCD) remains backlogged by some 5,700 pending cases compared to the number of pending UCD … Read More
A remedy for, and the prosecution’s role in, sixth amendment violations in Maine. Posted by Ed Folsom, March 25, 2025. In early March, Superior Court Justice Michaela Murphy issued an order on the ACLU’s long-running lawsuit against the Maine Commission … Read More
The Very Strange Story of Michael Geilenfeld’s Judicial Lottery Results. Posted by Ed Folsom, February 27, 2025. (Photo: Dept. of Homeland Security via Miami Herald) Michael Geilenfeld founded the St. Joseph’s Home for Boys in 1985, in Haiti, and continued … Read More
The Ultra-Low Moral Foundation of the Fascism/Fascist Epithet. Posted by Ed Folsom, February 22, 2025. (Photo: Fox News Digital. Anti-Trump Rally, Washington D.C., January 20, 2025.) “The word Fascism has now no meaning except in so far as it … Read More
“To Overthrow the World”- Woke, “Antifascist” Monsters. Posted by Ed Folsom, February 16, 2025. “Look, let me tell you something. I’ll take a bit of umbrage here. I’ll speak on behalf of my colleagues. I think I can say we … Read More
CIA says lab leak likely, ChiComs decry politicization, conspiracy theories. Posted by Ed Folsom, January 28, 2025 (Photo: February 3, 2021, Ng Han Guan/AP, via Al Jazeera) This past weekend, news outlets reported that the CIA now assesses it likely … Read More
In Re Catherine Connors–Proposed New Rules, but What Does the Rule Mean? Posted by Ed Folsom, January 13, 2025. (Photo: Robert F. Bukaty, AP, April 12, 2018, file photo from Maine Public) The procedural background. When I last blogged on … Read More
