Let it be known that if you dare to speak out against transgender ideology, you often risk major personal and professional fallout.
Case in point, Maine state Rep. Laurel Libby, a Republican, has been censured by Democrats for speaking out against transgender athletes. Libby has gone as far as to file a lawsuit against House Speaker Ryan Fecteau and the state house clerk under the 14th Amendment's Equal Protection Clause.
More details:
A Maine Republican state lawmaker censured by her colleagues for her comments on transgender athletes asked the Supreme Court to allow her to resume voting as her legal challenge proceeds.
State Rep. Laurel Libby (R) does not challenge the verbal censure itself but instead asks the justices for an emergency injunction blocking Maine House Speaker Ryan Fecteau's (D) declaration that Libby cannot speak on the floor or vote until she recants her view.
Now, you hear all of this — she made "comments on transgender athletes" and her legislature responded by gagging her and barring her from being able to vote — and you think:
But, um, it's actually not. In fact it's pretty reasonable!
She simply posted this on Facebook and got in trouble for using the kid's name and "deadname" without consent:
Two years ago, John tied for 5th place in boy's pole vault. Tonight, 'Katie' won 1st place in the girls' Maine State Class B Championship.
Libby's post in a nutshell:
And yet Democrats in her state house have handicapped her to the point that it's almost as if she's not even there.
So it's no wonder she's asking SCOTUS to intervene:
A Maine Republican state lawmaker censured by her colleagues for her comments on transgender athletes asked the Supreme Court to allow her to resume voting as her legal challenge proceeds.
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[A] federal judge rejected Libby's request for an immediate injunction by finding that legislative immunity bars the lawsuit. Libby filed the emergency application at the Supreme Court after the 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals denied her request for an injunction pending appeal.
'Respondents here invoke immunity so they can continue to silence debate, disenfranchise a lawfully elected member of the House, and deny equal representation to her constituents,' Libby's attorneys at law firm Consovoy McCarthy wrote in the application.
The outlook is looking somewhat grim: Libby's request "will go to Justice Ketanji Brown [who] automatically handles emergency appeals arising from the 1st Circuit." So I'm not sure we should be hopeful about her chances.
But the Republican representative is going in swinging:
For over 60 days, my constituents have been silenced. Now, we are taking a stand at the highest court in the land to protect free speech, stop political retaliation, and ensure that no government is above the Constitution.
Good luck Mrs. Libby!
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