US EditionSupreme Court sides with Maine Republican censured for transgender athlete post
- The Supreme Court ordered the Maine House on May 20, 2025, to restore GOP Rep. Laurel Libby's voting rights following her censure.
- Libby was censured by the Democratically controlled House after her viral February post identified a transgender teen athlete, violating ethics rules.
- Her post included the athlete's photo and first name in quotation marks, and it preceded a public dispute between Republican President Trump and Democratic Gov. Mills.
- Libby contended that the sanctions infringe on her free speech rights and effectively deprive her constituents of representation, while state attorneys maintained that she retains other methods to engage in legislative activities and could restore her voting privileges by issuing an apology.
- The court's order suspends a lower court ruling and restores her legislative voice, though Justices Sotomayor and Jackson dissented, questioning the emergency.
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‘Victory For Girls And Free Speech:’ Supreme Court Sides With Lawmaker Censured For Defending Women’s Sports
By Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell, The Daily Signal | May 20, 2025 The Supreme Court ruled in favor of a Maine lawmaker who was censured for defending women’s sports from male intrusion. “This Supreme Court decision is a victory for girls and free speech, and a defeat for woke gender advocates who want to deny biological reality,” White House spokeswoman Anna Kelly told The Daily Signal. “It is outrageous that a state legislator was ever censured f…
Women Sports Champion Rep. Laurel Libby Gets Relief from the Supreme Court | CONCERNED WOMEN FOR AMERICA
On May 20, 2025, the U.S. Supreme Court granted a temporary injunction reinstating Maine State Representative Laurel Libby’s voting rights in the state legislature. This decision came after the Democratic-led Maine House censured Libby until she issued a public apology for her Facebook post fighting to keep women sports for women only. Libby refused to apologize for standing up for young athletes and filed a lawsuit asserting that the censure inf
Supreme Court sides with lawmaker punished for post on male winning girls' track meet
The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled in favor of a Maine state lawmaker who was barred from voting on legislation over a Facebook post sharing a picture of a trans-identified male athlete winning a women's sports competition. #LGBT #Transgender #Maine #UnitedStatesSupremeCourt #LaurelLibby
Supreme Court Protects Maine Rep's Right to Vote, Defend Girls Sports
Maine’s House of Representatives must temporarily allow Representative Laurel Libby to vote again, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in a preliminary injunction issued Tuesday. The 7-2 decision comes almost three months after a slim majority of Maine representatives barred Libby from voting or speaking on legislation — unless she publicly apologized for criticizing boys’ participation in girls’ sports. “This is a victory not just for my constituents,…
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