anchor: In 1990, the Commission on Legal Needs in Maine, chaired by former Senator Edmund Muskie and made up of Commissioners drawn from the judiciary, the legislature, the private bar, and the low-income community, convened a series of hearings around the state and issued a report calling for increased resources for legal services with a number of recommendations for improving access.
positive: The Commission on Legal Needs in Maine is chaired by former Senator Edmund Muskie.
negative: Edmund Muskie has never been a senator.