SCOTUS reinstates Maine lawmaker’s vote after censure over trans athlete post

The U.S. Supreme Court restored a Maine lawmaker’s vote on Tuesday, May 20, after she was censured for months by the state legislature. Republican state Rep. Laurel Libby lost her voting power in February when her fellow representatives voted along party lines to ban her from voting over her remarks about transgender athletes participating in girls’ sports.

Censure stemmed from social media post

The controversy that led to the censure vote was Libby’s social media post about the state’s high school pole vault championship winners.

The post stated, “Two years ago, John tied for 5th place in boy’s pole vault. Tonight, ‘Katie’ won 1st place in the girls’ Maine State Championship.”

The post included photos of the two named athletes, who are the same person.