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A Facebook publication of February 17 has become a catalyst for political history in Maine. And soon it could be the issue of the testimony of the Supreme Court.
That day, state representative Laurel Libby used the social media site to identify an athlete who had just shake a high school meeting. The athlete occupied the first place in the class B championship of the Girls Conool, promoting Grelyly High School to a state title of girls.
They were already great local news, since Portland Press Herald published a summary the same day that Libby did the position, which also identified the athlete by name.
But Libby’s post said the athlete ended fifth in a children’s competition, only two years before.
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“I had been talking to a mother, my friend, who has had a son on the track in Maine for a long time,” Libby told Pak Gazette Digital.
“She told me that there was a biological man who was probably going to win the girl’s state polership championship, and effectively, I looked at the image of the girls in second place, and that is the one who should have been first.”
The position went viral and pushed Maine, Grelyly High School and the athlete in the bull eye of the national trans athletes debate.
Libby said that no one from the athlete’s school or family approached her about the position.
“I never heard from them or school,” Libby said. Pak Gazette Digital has communicated with Grelyly High School to comment.
The first person Libby says that he heard that he had disagreed with his post was the president of Maine House, Ryan Fecteau, whom he is now demanding to censor her in the position.
“He found it objectable and asked me to stop him, at the same time I asked him if he would support Maine’s girls, and support the policy that stopped discrimination against young women in Maine in sports and refused to answer,” Libby said.
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“The main criticism of the Democrats is that it was an image of a minor.”
Fecteau’s office has provided documents to Pak Gazette Digital confirming that the conversation took place.
“I ask you to take the publication,” Fecteau wrote in a letter to Libby on February 18. “In addition to risking the safety of the young man, his position violates one of the long -term political traditions of” leaving children out of it, a tradition that has been observed by political experts regarding the treatment of children who are in the White House, the most scrutinized office in the nation. “
Libby said that the families of other students from Grelyly High School have communicated with it as the problem has progressed.
“[They] They have encouraged me because they do not agree with the biological men who participate in the sports of girls, and given their relationship with the school, they cannot say that publicly, “Libby said.” We have seen that this becomes a great topic of conversation in the Greley area, Cumberland. “
TO survey The coalition of American parents found that around 63% of Maine voters said that school sports participation should be based on biological sex, and 66% agreed that it is “just restricting women’s sports to biological women.”
The Greels district, MSAD #51, has previously provided a statement in support of its eligibility policies.
“The Board of Directors of MSAD #51 is guided by the mission, vision and fundamental values of our district. This includes promoting a safe, attentive and ethical learning environment where each person will be treated with respect and equity; and people are recognized, valued and supported,” the district said in a statement.
Libby’s publication came during a week free of vacation. When the students returned the following week, they were received by police protection in response to the National Libby scrutiny, Libby positions attracted school.
“I think the police exorced great caution, and fortunately there was no risk for students,” Libby said.
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Now, two and a half months later, the State is in conflict with the federal government on the issue of trans athletes in girls’ sports, while Libby is making a case for the intervention of the Supreme Court in its lawsuit against Fecteau.
The Democratic majority of Fecteau and Maine censored Libby for the position on February 25, and originally offered to restore their voting rights and speak if he apologized for the position. But Libby immediately told them that he would not apologize.
“The real reason I was censored is in political retaliation for pointing out a policy with which most of the main ones do not agree,” Libby said.
Instead, he filed his lawsuit against Fecteau on March 11.
But the judge of the District Court of Rhode Island, Melissa Dubose against Libby In your case on April 22. Dubose, appointed by former President Joe Biden in January, ended up presiding over the case after each district judge in Maine refused to take it.
Judges John C. Nivison, John A. Woodcock, Lance E. Walker, Karen F. Wolf, Stacey D. Neumann and Nancy Torresen signed challenge orders shortly after the case was initially presented. No reason was given.
Dubose ended with the case and ruled in favor of Fecteau. Then, the First Court of Appeals of the Circuit also failed against Libby.
Last Monday, Libby announced that it would appeal to the Supreme Court for emergency intervention.
“We haven’t had our day in court yet, I hope to continue that process,” Libby said when asked if he believes he has had a fair trial.
Libby says he hopes to hear if the Supreme Court will hear the case before Monday, May 5.
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Until now, the state representative has visibly had the federal government on his side, especially the administration of President Donald Trump.
The United States Department of Justice announced a lawsuit against the State of Maine for its continuous challenge of Trump’s Executive order to keep biological men out of the sports of girls and women and violations of title IX. Libby attended the press conference together with Attorney General Pam Bondi and the secretary of the Department of Education, Linda McMahon.
The Department of Agriculture reduced federal funds to the State, which later demanded to the administration. A federal judge has already ruled that the funds must be without freezing.
Internally, many main ones have already taken measures to align with the Libby and Trump side on the subject. There have been two large -scale protests in the capital of the state of Augusta, and a school district in the state, MSAD #70, is already moving to institute their own policy to ban trans athletes of girls’ sports.
Now, Libby Scotus appeal will come as the tension between the state and Trump intensify. The press secretary, Karoline Leavitt, referred to “prosecutions” as a consequence to violate the federal law while discussing the intentions of the administration on the subject.
“When Maine decided not to continue [Trump’s executive order]The Department of Justice demanded them. Therefore, anyone who disobeys the federal law will be prosecuted, sued or says ‘goodbye’ to their federal funds, “Leavitt told journalists at a press conference on Monday.
Libby did not rule out the prosecution as a justified response if his condition continues to challenge Trump on the subject.
“We have seen that it happens so much in the last two months, that we certainly cannot rule out anything,” Libby said when asked about the potential prosecution of their state officials.
“I hope I don’t get to that. I hope we can all agree that our young people should not be discriminated.”
