PORTLAND, Maine (AP)   Maine’s highest court has upheld the conviction of a man who violated a protection order with posts made on social media.

The Maine Supreme Judicial Court on Tuesday rejected Richard Heffron III’s argument that his Facebook posts didn’t constitute contact, that his posts were a protected form of speech, and that he wasn’t told that social media posts violated the order.

The Bath man was sentenced to 21 days in jail for violating the no-contact order.

Heffron and the subject of the no-contact order were no longer Facebook “friends” but still had “friends” in common. In the posts, Heffron referred to her and made threats against her.

In its ruling, the Maine Supreme Judicial Court said that Heffron’s communications “fell short of those that deserve constitutional protection.”