US EditionMaine Lawmakers Respond to SCOTUS Appeal Over Libby Censure
- Maine State Rep. Laurel Libby, a Republican from Auburn, challenges her February censure by the Democratic-controlled Maine House over social media posts about transgender athletes.
- The censure blocked Libby from voting or speaking on bills and arose after she posted a photo identifying a minor transgender student-athlete, prompting a lawsuit rejected by lower courts citing legislative immunity.
- Fifteen Republican attorneys general from predominantly red states submitted a 27-page amicus brief to the U.S. Supreme Court, urging the Justices to intervene by issuing a preliminary injunction that would block the censure imposed on Libby.
- The attorneys general maintained that the longstanding principle preventing members from having their voting privileges revoked without consent has been upheld throughout U.S. History, while Maine Attorney General Aaron Frey urged the Supreme Court to dismiss Libby's lawsuit.
- This dispute exemplifies tensions over transgender participation in girls' sports and raises constitutional questions about legislative immunity, voting rights, and free speech protections amid ongoing national debate.
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Punish Laurel Libby for what she did, but don’t deprive her constituents of a voice in Augusta
The BDN Opinion section operates independently and does not set news policies or contribute to reporting or editing articles elsewhere in the newspaper or on bangordailynews.com Andrew Schmidt of Portland is a civil rights attorney. What state Rep. Laurel Libby did was indefensible to me: recklessly identifying a transgender teenager online, exposing her to harassment and even physical harm. It was a gross violation of decency and basic respect …
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Just the NewsRepublican attorneys general urge Supreme Court to take up Maine lawmaker's case
(The Center Square) — A group of Republican attorneys general are asking the U.S. Supreme Court to take up Maine state Rep. Laurel Libby's lawsuit challenging her censure by Democrats
The transgender athlete debate takes a dystopian twist - Washington Examiner
Democrats come from the party that stands for feminism and democracy. Unless, of course, you are a female lawmaker and oppose biological males competing in girls sports. Then that all goes out the window. At least, that’s what’s happening in the case of state Rep. Laurel Libby, a Maine Republican who is facing an undemocratic, and frankly dystopian, crackdown from her Democratic colleagues for speaking out on this issue. Maine has been a hot sp…
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