Lawmaker silenced by Democrats for her beliefs, now Supreme Court takes action

The U.S. Supreme Court issued an unsigned order on Tuesday instructing the Maine state legislature to revoke its censure of Republican state Rep. Laurel Libby.

Libby had been in the penalty box of the Democrat majority in the legislature since February when she commented on social media about a boy who won a girls’ athletic competition in the state.

Expressing an intolerance for her beliefs about transgenderism, the Democrat majority demanded she apologize before she could speak – or vote – in the legislature again, effectively depriving her constituents of their constitutionally protected right to representation.

Maine House Speaker Ryan Fecteau had demanded an apology from Libby for her beliefs and she refused.

The court’s order said, “The application for injunction pending appeal presented to JUSTICE JACKSON and by her referred to the Court is granted pending disposition of the appeal in the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit and disposition of the petition for a writ of certiorari, if such writ is timely sought. Should the petition for a writ of certiorari be denied, this order shall terminate automatically. In the event the petition for a writ of certiorari is granted, the order shall terminate upon the sending down of the judgment of this Court.”

Two of the extremists on the Supreme Court bench, Sonia Sotomayor and Ketanji Jackson, would have kept the punishment on Libby.

Sotomayor didn’t comment on her opinion but Jackson, the justice who as a nominee before the Senate famously was unable to, or refused to, define what is a woman, ranted for pages about what she wanted.

“We have long recognized that this injunctive relief is appropriate only when ‘critical and exigent circumstances’ exist necessitating intervention,” and she didn’t consider the fact that thousands of Maine residents were being deprived of their legislative voice important enough.

She claimed there are not “any significant legislative votes scheduled in the upcoming weeks” and the First Circuit already has arguments scheduled.

It had only been reported hours earlier that the U.S. Department of Justice had joined the battle on the side of the Maine lawmaker who was censured by Democrats in the state legislature over her beliefs.

Republican state Rep. Laurel Libby has been banned from speaking in the legislature or representing her constituents by voting since February over her social media posting about a boy who won a pole vault competition in girls track in the state.

She’s sued to have that move, which effectively punishes her constituents by depriving them of a voice in the lawmaking body, reversed and her request now is pending before the Supreme Court.

A report at Fox explained the DOJ and Attorney General Pam Bondi now have come out in her support.

The department has filed a friend-of-the-court document supporting Libby’s request and Bondi has spoken out personally.

The DOJ explains that the Democrats in Maine are in violation of the Constitution’s Equal Protection Clause, which allows for “one-person, one-vote,” because they have deprived her voters of their rights over a “private act.”

“Stripping District 90’s voters of their house representation and vote because their chosen representative will not apologize for fulfilling this obligation is well beyond the bounds of an appropriate sanction,” the DOJ explains.

Bondi told Fox, “The Department of Justice is proud to fight for girls in Maine and stand alongside Rep. Libby, who is being attacked simply for defending girls in her home state. As our lawsuit against the state of Maine illustrates, we will always protect girls’ sports and girls’ spaces from radical gender ideology.”

Bondi has a separate action going against Maine now as the state’s Democrats, led by Gov. Janet Mills, have refused to comply with President Donald Trump’s “Keeping Men Out of Women’s Sports” plans.

Democrats in Maine are demanding Libby apologize, but they have insisted the apology is for her “actions” and their punishment does not affect her “beliefs.

Maine House Speaker Ryan Fecteau and House Clerk Robert Hunt have claimed that the punishment over Libby’s beliefs is like punishment for other members at times.

Surveys have revealed that Maine’s residents are in opposition to the Democrats’ agenda to push transgenderism for children, and in sports.

Fox reported, “A survey by the American Parents Coalition found that out of about 600 registered Maine voters, 63% said school sports participation should be based on biological sex, and 66% agreed it is ‘only fair to restrict women’s sports to biological women.'”

WND earlier reported Libby’s case to the Supreme Court questions whether Democrats can remove the representation rights of thousands of state residents in a dispute over personal beliefs.

The state of Maine also is under investigation and has had federal grants withheld because it refuses to accept the biological reality that men do not become women, or vice versa. The state now is in noncompliance with Title IX.

Those in power continue to discriminate against our young women, in Illinois, Maine, and other states across the country. Thankfully, others are standing, and speaking up in defense of our girls’ right to a fair, safe, and level playing field AND safe spaces! https://t.co/HS5kuaJH89

— Rep. Laurel Libby (@laurel_libby) May 20, 2025

The Maine House Speaker silenced Rep. Laurel Libby for refusing to apologize over her stance against male athletes in girls’ sports.

Not on our watch! pic.twitter.com/JwADHaTMhF

— Harmeet K. Dhillon (@HarmeetKDhillon) May 17, 2025

Thank you for standing in defense of our first amendment right to free speech, and for my constituents’ right to representation, @HarmeetKDhillon! https://t.co/F5Xk0uUyMK

— Rep. Laurel Libby (@laurel_libby) May 19, 2025