Maine legal groups back state’s refusal to issue covert license plates to federal agents

By: Lauren McCauley

Outlets: Maine Morning Star

Published: August 4, 2026

Words: 537

Last Updated: 2 weeks ago

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A coalition of Maine-based attorneys and legal nonprofits are arguing that the state had the right to deny federal immigration agents covert license plates and that the lawsuit filed by President Donald Trump’s administration should be dismissed.

In a friend of the court brief filed in U.S. District Court on Tuesday, the coalition argues that under the anticommandeering doctrine established by the U.S. Supreme Court, the federal government cannot “commandeer” state regulatory processes by …

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