US EditionSupreme Court Orders Maine House to Restore Vote of Censured GOP Lawmaker Who Identified Transgender Teen Athlete Online
- The U.S. Supreme Court directed the Maine House on Tuesday to reinstate Republican Rep. Laurel Libby's voting privileges following her reprimand related to a viral social media post involving a transgender teenager athlete.
- In February, Libby was formally reprimanded by the Democrat-led legislature after sharing a social media post that revealed the identity of a transgender student who had recently won a girls' pole vault event.
- Libby's lawsuit challenging the censure alleges it violates the Equal Protection Clause by silencing her without recanting her views, and she refuses the legislature's offer to restore rights if she apologizes.
- The Supreme Court ruled 7-2 in Libby's favor, with dissenting Justices Sotomayor and Jackson noting no imminent harm and questioning emergency relief necessity.
- The ruling restores the voice of approximately 9,000 constituents but leaves the underlying legal challenge ongoing, highlighting tensions over transgender participation in girls' sports.
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Supreme Court orders Maine legislature to lift censure on lawmaker who criticized transgender sports
The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday restored a Maine state legislator's ability to speak and vote on bills, overturning the chamber's decision to censure her for a Facebook post criticizing a transgender high school athlete.
Supreme Court Reinstates Maine Lawmaker Suspended Over Transgender Sports Policy
The U.S. Supreme Court on May 20 ordered the Maine House of Representatives to restore a lawmaker’s speaking and voting privileges that had been suspended over her criticism of males participating in girls’ high school sports. In March, the House speaker barred Maine Rep. Laurel Libby, a Republican, from speaking or voting on the House floor until she recanted her views on Maine’s policy allowing transgender participation in school sports. On Ma…
Supreme Court orders Maine House to restore vote of GOP lawmaker who ID-ed trans teen athlete online - Boston News, Weather, Sports
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Tuesday found that the Maine legislature must count the votes of a GOP lawmaker who was censured after she identified
Supreme Court orders Laurel Libby’s vote to be restored after censure over transgender student
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that the Maine Legislature must count the votes of a Republican lawmaker who was censured after she identified a transgender teen athlete in a viral social-media post. The court majority sided with Rep. Laurel Libby of Auburn after she filed an emergency appeal asking for her votes to be counted while her lawsuit over the punishment plays out. There were two noted dissents, Justices Sonia Sotomay…
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