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Was The “S” For Silent?: The Maine Indian Land Claims And Senator Edmund S. Muskie, Joseph Hall
Was The “S” For Silent?: The Maine Indian Land Claims And Senator Edmund S. Muskie, Joseph Hall
Maine History
This article explores the work of one of Maine’s most powerful politicians, U.S. Senator Edmund Muskie, during one of Maine’s most difficult political crises, the Maine Indian Land Claims of the 1970s. In 1972, when Penobscots and Passamaquoddies challenged the legality of land sales conducted from 1794 to 1833, they called into question the legal title of the northern two-thirds of the State of Maine. Tom Tureen, the lawyer for the tribes, and Governor James Longley and State Attorney General Joseph Brennan, the state officials leading the case for Maine, played central roles in the case. Muskie played a crucial, …
Book Review: Kofi Annan And The Role Of Morality In International Relations, Robert Potts
Book Review: Kofi Annan And The Role Of Morality In International Relations, Robert Potts
The Cohen Journal
This is a book review of Interventions: A life in War and Peace. The book was written by former UN Secretary General Kofi Annan.
The Maine Indian Land Claim Settlement: A Personal Recollection, John M.R. Paterson
The Maine Indian Land Claim Settlement: A Personal Recollection, John M.R. Paterson
Maine History
From 1971 to 1980, the state of Maine grappled with one of the greatest legal challenges ever before it. That challenge had its origin in a suit brought by the Penobscot and Passamaquoddy tribes against the U.S. Department of the Interior seeking the seemingly simple declaration that the department owed a fiduciary duty to the tribes based on a federal law adopted in 1790. That suit was eventually to lead to a suit by the U.S. Department of Justice against the state of Maine, and potentially 350,000 residents in the eastern two-thirds of the state, seeking return of land taken …
“Hard Work To Make Ends Meet”: Voices Of Maine’S Working-Class Women In The Late Nineteenth Century, Carol Toner
“Hard Work To Make Ends Meet”: Voices Of Maine’S Working-Class Women In The Late Nineteenth Century, Carol Toner
Maine History
In 1887 the Maine legislature responded to pressures from the Knights of Labor and an increasingly agitated industrial labor force by instituting the Bureau of Industrial and Labor Statistics. The bureau’s job was to examine the state's workplaces and provide information to guide the legislature in making labor law. Reflecting the ideals of the popular Knights of Labor, the bureau initially focused its investigations on female as well as male workers. When the bureau requested that workers fill out questionnaires about their work, hundreds of women responded, leaving a rare first-hand account of women’s attitudes toward their working and living …
Thomas Brackett Reed, Civil Rights, And The Fight For Fair Elections, Wendy Hazard
Thomas Brackett Reed, Civil Rights, And The Fight For Fair Elections, Wendy Hazard
Maine History
Few causes in American history have proved more enduring than the effort to ensure all citizens the right to vote. From the enfranchising of African-Americans after the Civil War to the granting of women’s suffrage and the passage of the Voting Rights Act in 1965, the country has struggled to live up to its image as the guardian of the ideal that every citizen has a guaranteed right to vote. The prolonged presidential election of 2000 and the vote-counting debacle in Florida once again focused national attention on the issue of enfranchisement. Democrats argued that the Florida election, whether by …
How To Find And Use Maine's Published Law Court Opinions, Christopher H. Beach
How To Find And Use Maine's Published Law Court Opinions, Christopher H. Beach
Maine History
This research note is designed to assist researchers and teachers using Maine Reports as a rich source on a wide variety of historical topics. It also includes a List of Maine Law Digests and an example of How to Read a Maine Judicial Opinion.
John Appleton: Through His Own Words, William W. Wells
John Appleton: Through His Own Words, William W. Wells
Maine History
This article contains a brief discussion of the legal importance of Judge Appleton and then quotes the text of a letter written by judge which provides insight into his personal qualities.
Development Of The Maine Constitution: The Long Tradition, 1819-1988, Kenneth T. Palmer, Marcus Librizzi
Development Of The Maine Constitution: The Long Tradition, 1819-1988, Kenneth T. Palmer, Marcus Librizzi
Maine History
This article discusses the history of the Maine Constitution, Maine being one of only nineteen states that have retained their original charter. The 158 amendments to the constitution are reviewed.