BANGOR DAILY NEWS • December 27, 2022
A Readfield couple’s lawsuit challenging the state’s ban on Sunday hunting as part of Maine’s landmark right-to-food amendment appears to be headed to the Maine Supreme Judicial Court. That comes after Superior Court Justice Deborah Cashman dismissed the suit in a brief ruling dated Nov. 30. The suit asserts that hunting should be included under the right-to-food amendment passed by Maine voters in November 2021. The lawsuit targeting Maine’s ban on Sunday hunting is the first to argue that a new constitutional right to food trumps a major state law. Democratic lobbyist Jared Bornstein, executive director of Maine Hunters United for Sunday Hunting, said the ruling does not mean the suit is over, rather that the Parkers will be filing an appeal to the Maine Supreme Judicial Court.