Overview

• Maine's Supreme Judicial Court ruled the state's ban on Sunday hunting is constitutional, rejecting a lawsuit challenging the restriction.
• The lawsuit argued the ban contradicted a 'right to food' amendment passed in 2021, which was the first of its kind in the United States.
• The court found that the right to hunt under the amendment does not extend to illegal hunting, thereby upholding the ban.
• Maine remains one of the last states in the U.S. to restrict hunting on Sunday, alongside Massachusetts.
• The decision was influenced by a case brought by a Readfield couple who argued the ban infringed upon the recently enacted 'right to food' amendment.