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The representative of the state of Maine, Laurel Libby, requests an intervention of the American Supreme Court in his trial to cancel his censorship for a social media position which identified a minor trans athlete. Now the Democratic defendants have deposited their response to the High Court.
The accused, the president of the Maine Chamber, Ryan Fecteau, and the clerk of the house Robert Hunt, represented by the Attorney General of Maine, Aaron Frey, defended the decision to censor Libby for the February post in their response Thursday afternoon.
“Like the other censorships of the members of the Maine Chamber, the resolution of censorship forced the representative Libby to apologize for his conduct – no withdrawal of his opinions. The representative Libby firmly refused to comply with this modest punishment, which is designed to restore the integrity and reputation of the body,” said the answer.
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“Her refusal puts her into violation of a centuries -old rule of Maine House, rule 401 (11), that the representative Libby was previously agreed, as well as all his colleagues from the house, would govern the procedures of the Chamber. Rule 401 (11) provides that a member found by the body is in violation of his rules not to participate in floor debates or to vote before the full chamber until they have satisfied,”
When the Democratic majority of the Maine House of Representatives voted to censor Libby on February 25, he initially proposed to restore his voting and speech rights if she apologized for the position. But Libby told them that she would not apologize.
Libby previously told PK Press Club Digital that Fecteau called it the day after the publication of social media, which identified a trans athlete who won a pole jump competition for girls on February 18.
“He found him reprehensible and asked me to withdraw him. At the same time, I asked him if he would support the girls of Maine and the support policy that stopped discrimination against the young women of Maine in sport, and he refused to respond,” said Libby.
“The main criticism of the Democrats is that it was an image of a minor.”
Libby added that no one in the family or high school of the Trans athlete had set out to him about the post. She also argued that the athlete was already publicized in other media. Portland Press Herald has published a summary of the event, mentioning the athlete.
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Libby filed his trial against Fecteau so that censorship overthrew on March 11.
But the judge of the American district court of Rhode Island, Melissa Dubose, ruled against Libby In his case on April 22. Dubose, appointed by former president Joe Biden in January, ended up chairing the case after each district judge of Maine refused to take it.
Judges John C. Nivison, John A. Woodcock, launches E. Walker, Karen F. Wolf, Stacey D. Neumann and Nancy Torresen signed challenges shortly after the case. No reason has been given.
Dubose ended up with the case and ruled in favor of Fecteau. Then, the 1st Circuit Court of Appeals also ruled against Libby.
So now Libby is looking for an intervention by the American Supreme Court.
Meanwhile, the United States Ministry of Justice announced a trial against the state of Maine for its continuous challenge of Trump Executive order to keep biological men outside the sports of girls and women and for violations of the title IX. Libby attended the press conference alongside the Attorney General Pam Bondi and the Secretary of the Ministry of Education, Linda McMahon.
Two School Districts of Maine, the regional school unit of Maine n ° 24 and MSAD n ° 70, took matters into their own hands and changed their local policies of admissibility to the sporting gender to prohibit the transgender athletes of girls’ competitions, aligning with Libby and Trump.
Paying attention to the problem was amplified last week after an Athlete Trans won several events during a girl meeting for girls.
A trans-identifying athlete who contributed for the North Yarmouth Academy in Yarmouth, Maine, in the meeting of Poland-Nya-Yarmouth-Seacoast, won the race of 1600 meters with a time of 5: 57.27, blowing the second runner which ended with 6: 16.32. In the 800 -meter event, the Trans athlete had a closer first place with a time of 2: 43.31, just about a second better than the second finisher with a time of 2: 44.87.
A survey on The American Parents Coalition noted that out of approximately 600 registered voters from Maine, 63% said that the participation of school sports should be based on organic sex, and 66% agreed that it was “fair to restrict the sports of women to organic women”.
The survey also revealed that 60% of residents would support a voting measure limiting participation In Sports of women and girls at Biological women. This included 64% of the self -employed and 66% of parents with children under the age of 18.
