{"id":2432867,"date":"2025-05-09T11:41:01","date_gmt":"2025-05-09T15:41:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/maine-ag-asks-scotus-to-keep-lawmaker-censured\/"},"modified":"2025-05-09T11:43:05","modified_gmt":"2025-05-09T15:43:05","slug":"maine-ag-asks-scotus-to-keep-lawmaker-censured","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/maine-ag-asks-scotus-to-keep-lawmaker-censured\/","title":{"rendered":"Maine AG Asks SCOTUS To Keep Lawmaker Censured"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmaine-ag-asks-scotus-to-keep-lawmaker-censured%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2432867&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Maine Attorney General Aaron Frey has submitted a brief too the U.S. Supreme Court, urging it not to intervene in a case involving Republican state Rep. laurel Libby, who was censured for her comments on &#8220;transgender&#8221; ideology. Libby seeks to restore her voting and speaking rights,which were stripped away after she publicly criticized a male athlete identifying as female,claiming he unfairly took a title from female competitors. Frey argues that Libby&#8217;s refusal to apologize, a condition for lifting her censure, undermines legislative integrity and that her appeal could threaten legislative immunity. Support for Libby has come from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/socialism-and-communism-are-weasel-words-for-slavery\/\" title=\"Socialism And Communism Are Weasel Words For Slavery\">15 state attorneys general<\/a>, who argue that her constituents deserve depiction, stressing that no lawmaker should be silenced due to their opinions on contentious topics. The <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >case highlights ongoing debates<\/a> around transgender rights and representation in sports.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"article-body body-md bdr-top-black pt-30\">\n<div class=\"row justify-content-center\">\n<div class=\"col-12\">\n<figure class=\"article-thumbnail mb-30 mb-sm-60\">\n<div class=\"article-thumbnail-caption d-flex align-items-center justify-content-md-end label-xs mt-15\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-camera me-10\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Image Credit<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=a4FFqL7-Gbk\">FOX ABC Maine \/ Youtube<\/a>       <\/div>\n<\/figure><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"article-share text-center article-share-simple\">\n<h5 class=\"label-sm mb-10\">Share<\/h5>\n<ul class=\"article-share-list list-unstyled m-0 p-0\">\n<li class=\"article-share-facebook m-0\">       <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer\/sharer.php?u=https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/05\/09\/maine-ag-asks-scotus-to-keep-lawmaker-censured-for-disagreeing-with-trans-ideology\/\" target=\"_blank\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-facebook\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Share Article on Facebook<\/span>       <\/a>     <\/li>\n<li class=\"article-share-twitter m-0\">       <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=Maine%20AG%20Asks%20SCOTUS%20To%20Keep%20Lawmaker%20Censured%20For%20Disagreeing%20With%20Trans%20Ideology&amp;url=https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/05\/09\/maine-ag-asks-scotus-to-keep-lawmaker-censured-for-disagreeing-with-trans-ideology\/\" target=\"_blank\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-twitter\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Share Article on Twitter<\/span>       <\/a>     <\/li>\n<li class=\"article-share-truth-social m-0\">       <a href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/share?title=Maine%20AG%20Asks%20SCOTUS%20To%20Keep%20Lawmaker%20Censured%20For%20Disagreeing%20With%20Trans%20Ideology&amp;url=https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/05\/09\/maine-ag-asks-scotus-to-keep-lawmaker-censured-for-disagreeing-with-trans-ideology\/\" target=\"_blank\">         <svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" fill=\"currentColor\" style=\"width:36px;height:auto;\" viewbox=\"0 0 92 93\"><path d=\"M69.444 55.716H56.772v10.37h12.672zM64.487 37.795V27.32H38.666v38.664h13.18v-28.19zM21.05 27.321h12.653v10.471H21.051z\" https:><\/path><\/svg>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Share Article on Truth Social<\/span>       <\/a>     <\/li>\n<li class=\"article-share-link m-0\">       <button data-clipboard-text=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/05\/09\/maine-ag-asks-scotus-to-keep-lawmaker-censured-for-disagreeing-with-trans-ideology\/\" data-tooltip-content=\"Copied!\" class=\"clip tooltip\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-link-variant\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Copy Article Link<\/span>       <\/button>     <\/li>\n<li class=\"article-share-email m-0\">       <a href=\"mailto:?subject=Maine%20AG%20Asks%20SCOTUS%20To%20Keep%20Lawmaker%20Censured%20For%20Disagreeing%20With%20Trans%20Ideology&amp;body=Maine%20AG%20Frey%20asked%20the%20Supreme%20Court%20to%20keep%20a%20lawmaker%20censured%20for%20calling%20out%20'transgender'%20ideology.%20https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/05\/09\/maine-ag-asks-scotus-to-keep-lawmaker-censured-for-disagreeing-with-trans-ideology\/\" target=\"_blank\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-email\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Share Article via Email<\/span>       <\/a>     <\/li>\n<li class=\"article-share-email m-0\"><span class=\"printfriendly pf-button  pf-alignleft\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/thefederalist.com\/#\" rel=\"nofollow\" onclick=\"window.print(); return false;\" title=\"Printer Friendly, PDF &amp; Email\"><span id=\"printfriendly-text2\" class=\"pf-button-text\"><i class=\"mdi mdi-printer\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<p>Maine Attorney General Aaron Frey, a Democrat, wrote a brief to the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday asking them not to intervene in a case from Republican state Rep. Laurel Libby to restore her House voting and speaking rights after she was censured for calling out &ldquo;transgender&rdquo; ideology.<\/p>\n<p>Libby filed a lawsuit against the Democrat Speaker of the Maine House to reverse the censure and restore her ability to properly represent her constituents. She <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scotusblog.com\/cases\/case-files\/libby-v-fecteau\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">appealed<\/a> to the U.S. Supreme Court, asking that she be able to vote while the lawsuit plays out at the U.S. District Court in Maine, where a <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/03\/17\/judge-hearing-maine-censure-case-over-trans-athletes-is-a-far-left-activist\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">far-left activist has been assigned<\/a> to oversee the case.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-2 d-flex justify-content-center\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center; \" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-429157136\">\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1463670073398-0\" class=\"mb-30\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>On Thursday, Frey filed a brief asking the Supreme Court not to intervene, which would leave Libby in the hands of the very Democrats who stripped her constituents of representation in the state government.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Like other censures of Maine House members, the censure resolution required Rep. (Laurel) Libby to apologize for her conduct &mdash; not recant her views,&rdquo; Frey <a href=\"https:\/\/www.supremecourt.gov\/DocketPDF\/24\/24A1051\/358393\/20250508155725212_Libby%20v%20Fecteau%20-%20Resp.%20to%20Inj.%20Pend.%20App.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">wrote<\/a> in a brief to the high court. &ldquo;Rep. Libby has steadfastly refused to comply with this modest punishment, which is designed to restore the integrity and reputation of the body.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Frey added that Libby is asking the court &ldquo;to insert itself into this intra-parliamentary dispute and, for the first time, pierce legislative immunity for core legislative acts.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Libby filed an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.supremecourt.gov\/DocketPDF\/24\/24A1051\/357522\/20250428093707178_Libby%20v%20Fecteau%20Emergency%20Application.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">emergency petition<\/a> with the Supreme Court on April 28 after two lower courts rejected the request. That petition was filed with Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/justice-reporter-who-called-constitution-trash-heads-up-dark-money-group-spending-millions-to-support-jackson-scotus-nomination\/\" title=\"Justice ...orter Who Called Constitution \u2018Trash\u2019 Heads Up Dark Money Group Spending Millions To Support Jackson SCOTUS Nomination\">left-wing judge<\/a> on the court who oversees the First Circuit. Jackson has the ability to rule on the petition or throw it to the full court.<\/p>\n<p>Not surprisingly, Jackson, <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/12\/16\/while-kbj-enjoys-broadway-her-constitution-loving-supreme-court-colleagues-can-barely-leave-their-homes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">known for her one-night debut in a queer Broadway musical<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/EdWhelanEPPC\/status\/1917955192169119816\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">appears to have slow-walked<\/a> Libby&rsquo;s emergency petition, which sought relief by May 6 &mdash; when the Maine House was set to convene for a legislative session. Jackson finally got around to the routine task of calling for a response to Libby&rsquo;s petition, but set the response to May 8 &mdash; two days after the House convened.<\/p>\n<p>That matters, not just for Libby&rsquo;s constituent participation in a variety of issues, but the transgender sports issue specifically. Testimony on several transgender-related bills <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wabi.tv\/2025\/05\/08\/testimony-begins-today-bills-impacting-transgender-rights-maine\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">began<\/a> Thursday, some of which would restrict male students from participating in female sports, use the restrooms of the opposite sex, and use pronouns different than what aligns with their actual sex.<\/p>\n<p>Led by West Virginia Attorney General John McCuskey, the attorneys general of 15 states filed an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.supremecourt.gov\/DocketPDF\/24\/24A1051\/358402\/20250508163022264_Libby%20Amicus.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">amicus brief<\/a> with the Supreme Court in support of Libby, stating, &ldquo;The Speaker of the Maine House of Representatives stripped Representative Laurel Libby of her power to vote on behalf of her constituents. By all accounts, he did so because of what Representative Libby said publicly about a matter of debate.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The right to equal representation &lsquo;can hardly be infringed simply because a majority of the people choose that it be,&#8217;&rdquo; the brief continues. &ldquo;That right becomes a farce if legislators can demote one of their duly elected colleagues to little more than an informal observer without fear of any judicial response.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Libby&rsquo;s censure arose out of a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/why-this-average-american-is-voting-for-donald-trump\/\" title=\"Why This Average American Is ... for Donald Trump\">social media post<\/a> where she called out a male athlete, who claimed to be a female, for stealing a title from females at a sporting event. <\/p>\n<p>According to the Portland Press Herald, Libby would be forced to issue a public apology in order to regain speaking and voting rights.<\/p>\n<p>Last month, Libby was present when U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/04\/16\/ag-bondi-sues-maine-to-keep-men-out-of-womens-sports\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">announced<\/a> a lawsuit against Maine to keep men out of women&rsquo;s sports.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\">\n<div class=\"article-author-description fst-italic\">      Breccan F. 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