After Maine State Rep. Laurel Libby deadnamed and posted pictures of transgender student athletes on social media, the Maine House of Representatives censured Libby and barred her from speaking or voting on the House floor until she offered a formal apology. Last week, the US Supreme Court restored Libby’s voting rights.
Reports CNN:
The Supreme Court on Tuesday granted a request from Republican Maine state lawmaker Laurel Libby to restore her voting power for the next legislative session after she was censured earlier this year for expressing opposition to transgender athletes competing in girls sports in a controversial post on X.
The court made its decision with a brief, unsigned order, that did not explain its reasoning.
Two liberal justices – Sonia Sotomayor and Ketanji Brown Jackson – dissented.
Libby was censured in February by a Democratic-controlled Maine House after she posted on social media about a Maine high school girls’ indoor track and field state championship, where the transgender student who won first place in girls’ pole vault had competed in the boys’ division the previous year.
The post on X, which received national attention, included the names of students and photographs of the athletes she was criticizing. She insists the goal of her post was to draw attention to the competition.
Libby is an outspoken critic on the issue of allowing transgender athletes to participate in girls’ sports. Last month, she joined Attorney General Pam Bondi at a press conference where Bondi announced that the Justice Department would be suing Maine for refusing to comply with President Donald Trump’s ban on transgender athletes in high school sports.
Read the complete CNN story here.
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