When a lawmaker posted about a male athlete winning a girls state championship, her colleagues silenced her. Now, she’s taking legal action.

A Maine Republican is suing her state’s Democratic leadership after she says that her First Amendment rights were violated because she was censured for attacking a transgender minor in a social media post.

The Auburn Republican is arguing that her constitutional rights have been violated after Democrats voted to bar her from voting and speaking on the House floor.

All six Maine federal judges are recusing themselves from Republican State Representative Laurel Libby’s lawsuit against House Speaker Ryan Fecteau. A statement from the federal court says the judges are doing so because an employee of Maine is involved in controversy stemming from the case.

A Republican lawmaker in Maine is suing the state’s Democratic House speaker over her censure that followed a social media post about a transgender athlete participating in high school sports

I have the constitutional right to speak out and my constituents have the right to full representation in the Maine House,’ Representative Laurel Libby said.