#Latest news with #deepRedStateBloomberg25-05-2025PoliticsBloombergEven Elected Officials Have First Amendment RightsImagine a legislature in a deep-red state deciding that members who support abortion rights won't be allowed to cast votes on any matter. Or a legislature in a bright-blue state decreeing the same disqualification for members seen sporting MAGA gear. Seems silly, I know — maybe even undemocratic. But that's what's at stake in the kerfuffle that led to last week's unexpected order from the US Supreme Court granting a stay in a lawsuit by Maine Representative Laurel Libby, whom her colleagues censured for refusing to remove a social media post that identified a transgender high school athlete who'd won an event at the state championship. As a result of the censure, Libby was not allowed to vote or even to come onto the floor.
Bloomberg25-05-2025PoliticsBloombergEven Elected Officials Have First Amendment RightsImagine a legislature in a deep-red state deciding that members who support abortion rights won't be allowed to cast votes on any matter. Or a legislature in a bright-blue state decreeing the same disqualification for members seen sporting MAGA gear. Seems silly, I know — maybe even undemocratic. But that's what's at stake in the kerfuffle that led to last week's unexpected order from the US Supreme Court granting a stay in a lawsuit by Maine Representative Laurel Libby, whom her colleagues censured for refusing to remove a social media post that identified a transgender high school athlete who'd won an event at the state championship. As a result of the censure, Libby was not allowed to vote or even to come onto the floor.
25-05-2025
