Maine’s Constitution, art. IV, part 3, §18, allows the “direct initiative of legislation.” In the same vein §17, the Constitution’s referendum provision, allows “… acts, bills, resolves or resolutions…passed by the legislature”to be submitted to the voters. In other words, Maine’s Constitution clothes the people with the power to initiate/create new legislation and to overturn […]

One side of Elizabeth Warren’s campaign bus contemporizes the wisdom of Teddy Roosevelt: “Courage over Cynicism;” the other side blasts “Hope over Fear.” Both are clarion calls to the nearly 60 percent of all registered voters reporting that they’re exhausted by the Trump administration. Warren reminds us that if we’re serious about addressing the urgent […]