Courts & rulings
Maine · highest court
Maine Supreme Judicial Court
Appointed by governor
Chief: The Governor designates the Chief Justice (a specific appointment, with Senate confirmation), separately from associate justice appointments..
Justices
All judges & justices →- Valerie Stanfill
- Andrew M. Mead
- Catherine R. Connors
- Rick E. Lawrence
- Wayne R. Douglas
- Julia M. Lipez
- Christopher C. Taub
Roster as of 2026-06-13.
Constitution of the State of Maine
Adopted 1820. Its declaration of rights sits in Article I (Declaration of Rights). This court has the final word on what the Maine constitution means.
Not well documented
How a state reads its own rights provisions relative to the federal floor, lockstep vs departure.
State-court structure and selection methods are from official and reference sources; the justice roster is point-in-time. Civibrief carries each state's highest court (lower state courts are out of scope for now).