Maine Lawmaker Laurel Libby Reflects On Trans Athlete Post That Thrust Her Into Potential Supreme Court Battle

A Feb. 17 Facebook station has go a catalyst for governmental history successful Maine. And it could soon beryllium nan taxable of Supreme Court testimony. 

That day, authorities Rep. Laurel Libby utilized nan societal media tract to place an jock who had conscionable rocked a precocious schoolhouse way meet. The jock took first spot successful girls' rod vault Maine State Class B Championship, propelling Greely High School to a girls' authorities title. 

It was already large section news, arsenic nan Portland Press Herald published a recap nan aforesaid time Libby made nan post, which besides identified nan jock by name. 

But Libby's station pointed retired that nan jock vanished 5th successful a boys' competition, conscionable 2 years earlier. 

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"I had been talking pinch a mom, friend of mine, who has had a kid successful way successful Maine for a long, agelong time," Libby told Fox News Digital. 

"She told maine location was a biologic antheral who was astir apt going to triumph nan girls' state-wide rod vault championship, and judge enough, he did… I looked astatine nan image of nan second-place girls, and that's who should person been successful first place." 

The station went viral and thrust Maine, Greely High School and nan jock into nan bull's-eye of nan nationalist trans jock debate. 

Libby said nary 1 from nan schoolhouse aliases nan athlete's family ever reached retired to her astir nan post. 

"I ne'er heard from them aliases nan school," Libby said. Fox News Digital has reached retired to Greely High School for comment. 

The first personification Libby says she heard from that took rumor pinch her station was Maine House Speaker Ryan Fecteau, who she is now suing for censuring her complete nan post.

"He recovered it objectionable and asked maine to return it down, astatine nan aforesaid clip I asked him if he would support Maine girls, and support argumentation that stopped favoritism against Maine young women successful sports and he declined to answer," Libby said. 

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"The main disapproval each on from nan Democrats is that it was a image of a minor." 

Libby said families of different students astatine Greely High School person reached retired to her arsenic nan rumor has progressed. 

"[They] person encouraged maine because they don't work together pinch biologic males participating successful girls' sports, and fixed their narration pinch nan school, they can't opportunity that publicly," Libby said. "We've seen this go a large talking constituent successful nan Greely, Cumberland area."

A survey by nan American Parents Coalition recovered that astir 63% of Maine voters said schoolhouse sports information should beryllium based connected biologic sex, and 66% agreed it’s "only adjacent to restrict women’s sports to biologic women."

Greely's District, MSAD #51, has antecedently provided a connection successful support of its eligibility policies. 

"The MSAD #51 Board of Directors is guided by nan Mission, Vision, and Core Values of our district. This includes promoting a safe, caring and ethical learning situation wherever each personification will beryllium treated pinch respect and fairness; and individuals are recognized, weighted and supported," nan territory said successful a statement. 

Libby's station came during a vacation week off. When students returned nan pursuing week, they were greeted by constabulary protection successful consequence to nan nationalist scrutiny Libby's posts drew to nan school. 

"I deliberation rule enforcement exorcised an abundance of caution, and thankfully location was nary consequence to nan students," Libby said. 

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Now, 2 and a half months later, nan authorities is successful a conflict pinch nan national authorities complete nan rumor of trans athletes successful girls' sports, while Libby is making a lawsuit for Supreme Court involution successful her suit against Fecteau. 

Fecteau and Maine's Democrat mostly censured Libby for nan station connected Feb. 25, and primitively offered to reconstruct her voting and speaking authorities if she apologized for nan post. But Libby told them correct distant she wouldn't apologize. 

"The existent logic I was censured is successful governmental retaliation for pointing retired a argumentation that astir Mainers do not work together with," Libby said. 

Instead, she revenge her suit against Fecteau connected March 11.

But Rhode Island U.S. District Court Judge Melissa DuBose ruled against Libby successful her lawsuit connected April 22. DuBose, appointed by erstwhile President Joe Biden successful January, ended up presiding complete nan lawsuit aft each territory judge successful Maine refused to return it.

Judges John C. Nivison, John A. Woodcock, Lance E. Walker, Karen F. Wolf, Stacey D. Neumann and Nancy Torresen signed recusal orders soon aft nan lawsuit was initially filed. No logic was given.

DuBose ended up pinch nan case, and ruled successful favour of Fecteau. Then, nan 1st Circuit Court of Appeals besides ruled against Libby.

This past Monday, Libby announced she would entreaty to nan Supreme Court for emergency intervention. 

"We haven't afloat had our time successful tribunal yet, I look guardant to continuing that process," Libby said erstwhile asked if she believes she's had a adjacent trial.

Libby says she expects to perceive if nan Supreme Court will perceive nan lawsuit by Monday, May 5. 

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So far, nan authorities typical has visibly had nan national authorities connected her side, particularly President Donald Trump's administration. 

The U.S. Justice Department announced a suit against nan authorities of Maine for its continued defiance of Trump’s executive bid to support biologic males retired of girls’ and women’s sports and violations of Title IX. Libby attended nan property convention alongside Attorney General Pam Bondi and Department of Education Secretary Linda McMahon. 

The Department of Agriculture trim national backing to nan state, which past sued nan administration. A national judge has already ruled nan backing must beryllium unfrozen. 

Internally, galore Mainers person already taken steps to align themselves pinch Libby and Trump's broadside connected nan issue. There person been 2 large-scale protests successful nan state's superior of Augusta, and 1 schoolhouse territory successful nan state, MSAD #70, is already moving to institute its ain argumentation to prohibition trans athletes from girls' sports. 

Now, Libby's SCOTUS entreaty will travel arsenic nan hostility betwixt nan authorities and Trump intensifies. Press caput Karoline Leavitt referenced "prosecutions" arsenic a consequence for violating national rule while discussing nan administration's intentions connected nan issue.

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"When Maine decided not to travel [Trump's executive order], nan Department of Justice sued them. So anyone who disobeys national rule will beryllium prosecuted, sued, aliases opportunity ‘goodbye’ to your national funding," Leavitt told reporters astatine a property convention Monday. 

Libby did not norm retired prosecution arsenic a warranted consequence if her authorities continues to defy Trump connected nan issue. 

"We've seen truthful overmuch hap successful nan past 2 months, that we surely can't norm thing out," Libby said erstwhile asked astir imaginable prosecution to officials successful her state. 

"I dream that it wouldn't travel to that. I would dream we tin each work together that our young women shouldn't beryllium discriminated against." 

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