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Maine State representative Laurel Libby is allowed to vote for his voters after three months of censored thanks to a 7-2 Supreme Court decision on Tuesday.
After the State Democratic majority voted to strip Libby for her voting rights in February to have a social media post that called a biological trans -athlete who won a girls’ polehvel competition, she fought for a legal battle to overthrow it up to the Supreme Court. And it paid off with Tuesday’s decision.
Libby called the battle for a ‘civil rights’ case in an interview with Pakinomist Digital.
“I definitely think this is a civil rights question for Maine girls and girls across the country who become sidelines of biological men,” Libby said, adding later that censorship “was political retaliation from start to finish,” over her vocal attitude towards Trans athlete’s inclusion.
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Libby believes that the decision is important to protect Americans who want to speak against allowing trans athletes in girls and women’s sports, while the country is in a central standoff over the subject.
The biggest defendant in Libby’s lawsuit, Maine House speaker Ryan Fecteau, who adopted distrust against Libby on February 15, has promised to restore Libby’s voting rights to comply with the Supreme Court’s decision.
“In accordance with the Supreme Court’s injunction pending Appel, the representative of Libby’s ability to vote on the floor of the Parliament is restored until the current appeal process is running its course,” Fecteau told Pakinomist Digital. “The house clerk, which the injunction is against, has already complied with this judicial decision. We look forward to continuing with the important work, Maine -people expect of us.”
President Donald Trump has signed an executive order that requires states to only allow women to compete, but several democratic states, including Maine, have defied the order and continue to enable trans-clutter.
The US Department of Justice and Law Attorney Pam Bondi has even filed their own separate trial against the state Maine to continue to defy the order.
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Libby has been a central figure in the conservative pushback against democratic policies that enable Trans -Inclusion in girls’ sports in Maine. In addition to her lawsuit against Fecteau, Libby has repeatedly been critical of Mills for her rejection of complying with Trump.
“Ryan Fecteau and Janet Mills have ruled our state for the past six years with an iron fist regardless of Maine people’s will,” Libby said. “This sends a message that they cannot continue to operate outside the constitution and ignore the will of Maine -people anymore.”
ONE Examination of The coalition of the American parents found that out of approx. 600 registered Maine voters said 63% that school sports participation should be based on biological sex, and 66% agreed that it is “only fair to limit women’s sports to biological women.”
Many Maine residents even have the entire school districts up to Mills’ policy with Libby. Maine’s school districts RSU # 24 and MSAD # 70 have each adopted their own located decisions to keep girls’ stains for female students. There have also been three major protests against current policies in the state’s capital Augusta since February.
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And Libby has had support from the federal government along the way.
Just days before the decision, Doj filed an Amicus Brief on Libby’s behalf to the Supreme Court, and Bondi spoke in support of the Embated Legislature of Pakinomist Digital.
“I am so grateful for Attorney General Pam Bondi’s answer,” Libby said.
However, Libby’s legal battle has not yet been done.
The Supreme Court decision has given her back her right to vote on the state’s house floor, but she still has no right to speak. Libby’s case will now return to First Circuit Court of Appeals for oral arguments on June 5, as she seems to regain her voting rights.
File -State rep. Laurel Libby, R -Auburn, talking to a colleague, February 14, 2023, in the State House in Augusta, Maine. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty, File)
In addition, Libby was unable to vote on multiple bills in state laws for the past three months under her distrust. These included the state’s two-year budget voting and a bill to codify the Maine Human Rights Act, which protects trans-inclusion in girls’ sports, into the state’s constitution.
Libby said she thinks the items should be reflected in order to include her vote on these bills, but does not yet know if she will actively seek to have these items changed legally.
