The Supreme Court on Tuesday granted Maine Republican state Rep. Laurel Libby’s request to restore her voting and speaking privileges in the state legislature after Democratic leaders in the chamber censured her over comments about a transgender athlete.
The court ruled 7-2 in favor of an injunction to prevent the state legislature from blocking Libby from legislative activities, with Justices Sonia Sotomayor and Ketanji Brown Jackson dissenting. The majority did not elaborate on their reasoning in the order.
Libby sought emergency intervention from the Supreme Court last month after the Democrat-majority legislature stripped her of her ability to participate in legislative affairs until she apologized for a February social media post, in which she posted the name and photo of a biological male who won a
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