Amicus Brief on Behalf of FIRE in Laurel Libby v. Maine State Legislature

Laurel Libby is a Maine elected representative.  She spoke out on a matter of public concern — trans athletes in girls’ sports.  We take no position on that, as we take cases both protecting transsexual rights as well as the right to speak out against over-reaching “trans supremacy” as it could be called.  However, the Maine legislature has a slim Democrat majority, and that majority chose to censure Laurel Libby by stripping her of the right to vote in the chamber until she engaged in a “struggle session” by apologizing for her views. Whether her views are pro-trans, anti-trans, or otherwise, she has a right to express herself and her constituents have a right to representation. Randazza Legal Group was retained by FIRE, the Foundation for Individual Rights and Education, the leading free speech defending organization in America, to represent it as amicus curiae.