Republican Maine lawmaker sues over censure following viral post about transgender student athlete

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CNN  —  A Republican Maine state representative has filed a lawsuit alleging the state’s House speaker and other Democrats violated her First Amendment rights and disenfranchised her constituents by censuring her last month and barring from speaking or voting on the House floor. State Rep. Laurel Libby has been an outspoken critic of Maine’s state policy allowing transgender girls to compete in girls’ sports. Libby recently posted on social media to draw attention to the Maine high school girls’

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