Maine's Constitutional Amendment - Right to Food - Food Law : Food Sovereignty, Local & Cottage Food Law - LibGuides at University of Maine School of Law

Virginia Parker Dept of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife
The Parkers’ complaint alleged that Maine’s
longstanding Sunday hunting ban conflicts with the recently enacted
right-to-food amendment to the Maine Constitution. See Me. Const. art. I, § 25;
12 M.R.S. § 11205 (2023).

What the Maine Supreme Court’s recent ruling means for Mainers’ right to food
Maine Policy Institute
Maine High Court Upholds Centuries-Old Sunday Hunting Ban
State Court Report- Analysis
The court rejected claims that the ban conflicted with a 2021 constitutional amendment guaranteeing a right to food.
Dictionaries and the Law – Hunting, Poaching, and the Right to Food
The National Law Review
The Law Court’s recent decision in Parker v. Department of Inland Fisheries & Wildlife is fascinating—it is a rare instance when the Court has been called upon to interpret and apply a new constitutional provision. The Maine Constitution has had relatively few amendments, but in 2021 Maine voters approved a “Right to Food Amendment.” Parker involved a challenge to Maine’s Sunday hunting law prohibition under the new amendment.