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Rep. Laurel Libby is taking her censure fight to the First Circuit Court.
Why?
Well, she was punished for naming a transgender athlete who won a girls’ pole vault event.
How dare she notice and mention it!
A Biden-appointed judge ruled against her on Friday (what a shock). And now she’s appealing.
Let’s hope there’s no more Biden or Obama appointees in her way.
Now waiting for our hearing schedule from the First Circuit Court of Appeals! pic.twitter.com/GZyVa5ePcD
— Rep. Laurel Libby (@laurel_libby) April 22, 2025
Fox News reports:
Maine GOP state Rep. Laurel Libby filed an emergency appeal with the First Circuit Court of Appeals on Monday over a recent ruling that upheld her censure in the legislature.
The state’s Democrat majority voted to censure 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 House Speaker Ryan Fecteau to have it overturned, but Rhode Island U.S. District Court Judge Melissa DuBose ruled against Libby on Friday.
DuBose was appointed by former President Joe Biden just before he left office in January.
Libby previously told Fox News Digital that she would appeal the ruling once it was announced, and now she has, and she is willing to take her case to the Supreme Court.
“Our appeal asks the court to correct this abuse of power and reaffirm that legislative leadership cannot use procedural maneuvers and sweeping assertions of immunity to sideline dissenting voices and disenfranchise entire communities,” Libby told Fox News Digital in a statement.
“I remain optimistic that the court will recognize what is plainly at stake: the integrity of representative government and the foundational principle that no elected official, no legislative leader, and no partisan majority is above the Constitution. The people of House District 90 deserve full representation, and we intend to see that right restored.”
Libby represents 9,000 constituents in Maine’s 90th District and has not been able to speak or vote on their behalf in the state legislature for two months.
“This appeal is about far more than one legislator’s seat – it’s about defending the constitutional rights of 9,000 Mainers who currently have no voice and no vote in the Maine House of Representatives,” Libby said.
“I’m grateful for the support of my constituents and so many others across Maine who understand the importance of speaking truth and standing firm. I will continue to press forward until the voices of the people I was elected to represent are heard once again in Augusta.”
DuBose presided over the case after every district judge in Maine refused to take it.
Judges John C. Nivison, John A. Woodcock, Lance E. Walker, Karen F. Wolf, Stacey D. Neumann and Nancy Torresen signed recusal orders shortly after the case was initially filed. No reason was given.
So the case went to DuBose in Rhode Island.
These governors really want to find out the consequences of defying federal law, don’t they?
The governor of Maine refuses to comply with Title IX, continuing to allow males to compete in the female category. Now, the DOJ is taking the state to court. @laurel_libby & @linneasaltz discuss: pic.twitter.com/4HUmPtoloE
— Independent Women’s Forum (@IWF) April 21, 2025
It’s almost like these liberal governors have their marching orders and they’ve been told to keep pushing the trans agenda.
“We will continue to fight so that you, my constituents, will have representation.”
Rep. Laurel Libby is taking her case against Speaker Ryan Fecteau to the First Circuit Court of Appeals after a far-left activist judge ruled against her on Friday. pic.twitter.com/49baiPWB6X
— The Maine Wire (@TheMaineWire) April 22, 2025
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