Maine State Rep. Laurel Libby has brought a lawsuit against the speaker of the House Ryan Fecteau after she was censored on February 15 for her social media post about a Trans High School athlete.
The trial seeks to have Libby’s vote and speaking rights restored. Maine House Clerk Robert Hunt has been appointed the second defendant in the trial. Libby was initially told she would get her rights restored if she apologized for the post. However, she has said she will not apologize.
Libby’s mistrust came in response to a social media post, pointing out a high school’s athlete who won a girls’ pole vault competition. The post ignited a nationwide controversy and a spat between Democrat Maine Maine Main Mills and President Donald Trump, prompting federal agencies to start title IX investigations against the state and the school district where the athlete was enrolled.
A massive protest against Mills followed in Main’s capital Augusta.
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Maine State Rep. Laurel Libby has brought a lawsuit against her state’s speaker for the house after she was censored on February 15. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty/File)
The foundation of the censorship from Fecteau and Maine Democrats was Libby’s post identified a minor with a photograph and by name. However, Libby and her lawyers claim that the athlete had already been published in a positive light and competed in the public forum for a state -sponsored athletic event.
“The championship was a public event, streamed online and the names, schools and photographs of the winners were all published in public,” says a copy of the trial obtained by Pakinomist Digital.
Libby represents more than 9,000 voters in Maine’s House District 90, and six of them have signed the trial as plaintiffs because distrust has hindered her ability to help perform other legislative actions to serve these voters.
“The speaker’s actions not only released me, but released the thousands of constituents that I represent, and that is the bigger picture here; the fact that the speaker in his eyes reciprocated against me because he does not like what I have to say,” Libby said.
Libby recently proposed a bill to expand access to mental health resources for Maine residents, which she will now not be able to help push through. In the coming weeks, Maine House will vote on the upcoming semi -annual budget, and Libby will not vote for it either.
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For Libby, the trial is not only intended to restore her rights to her and her voters. She also says it is an important step to take in the national struggle to fight trans -cluttering in women’s sports.
“Maine has, for whatever reason, been ground zero for this debate, and of course I want my voice back so I can talk to it; and when we address this question within the legislature, I hope that everything that has unfolded over the next few weeks can help change the course in the debate, so not Maine Girls, but girls across the country, have a reasonable, safe,
Libby also called on Fecteau to simply restore his rights to avoid taking the case to court and cost Maine taxpayers the award for any trial.
Pakinomist Digital has reached Fecteau’s office for comment.
Meanwhile, Maine is under investigation by the US Institute for Education and Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) for potential violations of title IX in relation to its rejection of complying with Trump’s recent executive order to prevent trans athletes from competing in girls and women’s sports.
HHS earned a notice of violation to State of Maine On February 25, declaring that the state violated title IX by allowing trans athletes to compete in girls’ sports. HHS later expanded the extent of the investigation to include Maine Principals Association and Greely High School.
Libby’s Revelation of the Trans athlete was given the national media coverage of the state’s policy on trans -cluttering after Maine announced that it would not comply with Trump’s executive order. Trump then promised to cut down on funding to the state to refuse to follow his order.
Mills’ office responded with a statement that threatened lawsuits against the Trump administration if the withheld federal funding from the state. Then, Trump and Mills sparred verbally in a broadly published argument in the White House during a top species meeting with governors.
Just hours after this interaction announced the US Ministry of Education that it would Examine the State To allow trans -athletes to compete in girls’ sports and for potential violations of title IX.
Police protection Was awarded Greely High School.
The controversy even encouraged a protest against Mills called “March Against Mills”, which took place outside Main’s State House on Saturday morning. Several female athletes welcomed the microphone at the march to speak against their Democracy Governor.
One day later, eight Pro-Trans activists protested outside Libby’s home as opposed to her views. They kept signs reading “Shame on you Laurel 4 who exploits a child 4 your political gain” and “protect Trans youth” according to Maine line.
