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Maine State Rep. Laurel Libby said on Monday that she will appeal to the Supreme Court of emergency after legislators censored her over a social media post about a transgender athlete.
The Republican legislator will ask the Supreme Court to correct a US court ruling that gave up against Libby in her quest for a preliminary order to prevent sanction.
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State representative Laurel Libby talks to a colleague, February 14, 2023, in State House in Augusta, Maine. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty, File)
“For over 100 days, my voters have had no case in any acts taken by their government, actions that directly affect their lives,” Libby said in a statement Monday. “Every vote held on the floor of the legislature is a vote that my voters cannot come back, the good people in our district have been taved and released.
“We are hopeful that the court will act quickly to stop the Democrats’ continuous violation of the constitution and oppression of disagreement votes, even when the broader case continues through the appeal process.”
Maine -Democrats trying to change the state’s constitution to codify to allow trans -athletes in girls’ sports
State representative Laurel Libby filed an emergency to the Supreme Court. (Pakinomist)
The state’s democratic majority voted to censor her for writing a social media post that identified a trans athlete who won a girls’ state pole vault competition in February. Libby filed a lawsuit against the house’s speaker Ryan Fecteau to overturn it, but Rhode Island Us District Court -Judge Melissa Dubose gave up against Libby earlier this month.
The first Circuit Court of Appeals also ruled against Libby.
Libby previously told Pakinomist Digital that she was willing to take her case to the Supreme Court.
“Our appeal asks the right to rectify this abuse of power and confirm that regulatory management cannot use procedural maneuvers and sweeping allegations of immunity against sidelines that disagree with votes and liberated the entire community,” Libby told Pakinomist Digital in a statement.
“I am still optimistic that the court will acknowledge what is clearly at stake: the integrity of the representative government and the basic principle that no elected official, no legislative leader, and no party majority is over the Constitution.
Libby represents 9,000 voters in Maines 90. District and have been unable to speak or vote on their behalf in state laws for two months.
The US Supreme Court, November 15, 2023, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib, File)
Dubose said in his decision that the sanction “is not of such an extraordinary nature that it was wiped out the formidable shield, the courts have provided legislative actions.”
