Maine Supreme Court Upholds Sunday Hunting Ban

The ruling confirms the ban does not conflict with the state's 'right to food' amendment, maintaining one of the last such restrictions in the U.S..

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.