Main Trans Athlete Battle: Free Speech Group Comes to Defend Laurel Libby

Five weeks after Maine Legislature's representative Laurel Libby was accused of a social media post identifying trans athletes, the Free Speech Group filed an Amicus summary in support of her lawsuit to overturn the accusations.

The Free Speech Group fire in that short phase opposed the grounds of accusations imposed by the Democratic majority and Maine House Speaker Ryan Fecto.

“If political majority can impose harsh sanctions on political minorities, the perspective is unsafe. It is not a way to maintain America's robust commitment to free and open political speech. That's not the reason why the first amendment is banned from retaliating against dissent.”

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The basis for Libby's criticism was that when she called out the Transpole Vaulter, who won the Greeley High School girls' competition, she made a post identifying the minor by her name and photo. However, the trans athlete had already been made public in other local media before Libby's post.

Other media outlets included posts on the Main House Democrats website. The Amikos Brief claims.

“I was officially elected by the people of the district to speak for them, vote on their behalf, and to maintain the values ​​and needs of my constituents. However, due to the speeches protected outside the Capitol walls, the majority took an extraordinary step to deny them their core responsibility. Libby told Fox News Digital.

“The argument presented by the defendant in the court suggests that such silence goes beyond judicial review. Legislative immunity allows the majority to erase district votes. That argument is not only wrong. It is dangerous. It is dangerous.

All federal judges in Maine have rejected the case.

Jury members, John C. Nivison, John A. Woodcock, Lance E. Walker, Karen F. Wolf, Stacey D. Neumann and Nancy Torrensen, signed a denial order on Tuesday shortly after the suit was first filed. There was no reason for the judge's refusal. Multiple reports say the incident has since been featured in the Rhode Island area.

Fecteau, who passed the charges, along with House Rep. Robert Hunt, is the main defendant in the case. The Maine Attorney General's Office represents Fecteau.

Libby's lawsuit seeks to restore voting and speaking rights. Fecteau previously said that Libby's rights would recover after an apology, but she doesn't intend to do so. Libby told Fox News Digital in a previous interview that he would encourage Fecteau to take the case to court and restore taxpayers' rights to avoid sacrificing the price of potential cases.

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Libby represents more than 9,000 components of Maine House District 90, six of whom have signed the lawsuit as plaintiffs.

On March 20, Libby was allowed to announce and present 10 amendments during the state's biennial budget voting. One of these revisions had nothing to do with the budget, but it was a proposal to keep trans athletes out of women's sports.

However, when Libby spoke to present her revision, several Democrats protested and incited arguments with Republican representatives. Ultimately, Libby's amendment was not considered, and Democrats moved to make the amendment postponed indefinitely.

The USDA released a suspension of federal funds for Maine on Wednesday and an ongoing review after the state refused to provide equal opportunities for women and girls in its education programs.

The state refused to comply with President Donald Trump's February executive order, banning trans athletes from girls and women's sports, prompting major federal pressure. Trump initially vowed to cut federal funds to the state if he refused to comply with the order during his Feb. 20 speech a few days after Libby made a social media post.

More potential sanctions could come to the state next week.

The U.S. Department of Education wrote to the Maine Department of Education (MDOE) on Monday, recommending a final deadline of April 11, putting the issue at risk either addressing it or a second referral to the Department of Justice. The Ministry of Health and Human Services introduced the main to DOJ last week.

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A survey by the American Union of Parents found that of around 600 registered Maine voters, 63% said school sports participation should be based on biological sex, while 66% agreed that “it's fair to limit women's sports to biological women.”

The poll found that 60% of residents support a vote measure that restricts women and girls' participation in sports to biological women. This included 64% of parents with children under the age of 18 and 66% of parents.

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