Overview

• The June 25 vote lifted the February censure that had barred Libby from speaking on the House floor after she publicly named a transgender athlete.
• On May 20, the U.S. Supreme Court restored Libby’s voting rights after she challenged the sanctions imposed by Speaker Ryan Fecteau.
• Her legal battle continues at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit as she seeks to fully overturn the censure against her.
• The original censure stemmed from Libby’s Facebook post identifying a transgender student-athlete who won a Greely High School girls’ pole vault competition.
• The dispute forms part of Maine’s broader defiance of President Trump’s executive order on girls’ sports participation, a stance that prompted a Justice Department lawsuit against the state.