Supreme Court orders Maine House to restore vote of censured lawmaker

WGME ^ | 5/20/25 | Matthew Bourgault,

[CFW]

SCOTUS rules in favor of Rep Libby.

Court's decision here:

Libby decision

Of course Sotomayor and Jackson dissented.

[CFW]

SCOTUS ping!

[lgjhn23]

IIRC, the picture had already beem posted in the media, and she used it to condemn what was going on. The imported RAT MassHoles in the Maine legislature went totally apeshit on her for condemning it. They used the pic as an excuse to censure her, but the real reason was that she publicly came out against that BS..
Good for her. Glad she won.....

[CFW]

The Court’s Order:

The application for injunction pending appeal presented to JUSTICE JACKSON and by her referred to the Court is granted pending disposition of the appeal in the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit and disposition of the petition for a writ of certiorari, if such writ is timely sought. Should the petition for a writ of certiorari be denied, this order shall terminate automatically. In the event the petition for a writ of certiorari is granted, the order shall terminate upon the sending down of the judgment of this Court.

JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR would deny the application.
JUSTICE JACKSON, dissenting from the grant of the application for injunction.

I would deny the application.

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The remainder of the 5 page document is Jackson’s dissent.

[Paladin2]

Amy Conehead surprises.....

[Paladin2]

A legal pretzel.

[Candor7]

Patriot: 1

Communists: 0

[chajin]

Did 化炭寺 write the dissent herself, did her aide write it, did ChatGPT write it? Inquiring minds want to know...

(化炭寺 is Ketanji in Japanese, sounds like a Buddhist temple)

[Pontiac]

This is only temporary relief pending appeal.

I would doubt that the representative will be successful in that appeal.

If Maine’s constitution is like the US Constitution it grants the houses of the legislature to be the judges of their members.

[kiryandil]

when she publicly identified them it

fixed it.

[jeffersondem]

“Of course Sotomayor and Jackson dissented.”

I forget.

Which one is the wide Latino?

[b4me]

why is Supreme Court deciding a state matter?

[kiryandil]

sonia sotomayor is the wide latina

[jeffersondem]

“I would doubt that the representative will be successful in that appeal. If Maine's constitution is like the US Constitution it grants the houses of the legislature to be the judges of their members.”

It is not that clear cut. See the excerpt from the Wiki Adam Clayton Powell entry.

The House refused to seat Powell and the Supreme Court eventually overruled the House action.

From Wiki:

“The full House refused to seat him until the completion of the investigation. Powell urged his supporters to “keep the faith, baby,” while the investigation was underway. On March 1, the House voted 307 to 116 to exclude him, despite the recommendation of the Select Committee. Powell said, “On this day, the day of March, in my opinion, is the end of the United States of America as the land of the free and the home of the brave.”[39]

“Powell won the Special Election to fill the vacancy caused by his exclusion, receiving 86% of the vote.[40] But he did not take his seat, as he was filing a separate suit. He sued in Powell v. McCormack to retain his seat. In November 1968, Powell was re-elected. On January 3, 1969, he was seated as a member of the 91st Congress, but he was fined $25,000 and denied seniority.[41] In June 1969, in Powell v. McCormack, the Supreme Court of the United States ruled that the House had acted unconstitutionally when it excluded Powell, as he had been duly elected by his constituents.[42]”

I think you are thinking about the real U.S. Constitution - not the synthetic one imposed after the disaster at Appomattox.

[MinorityRepublican]

Of course Sotomayor and Jackson dissented.

Not Kagan?

[metmom]

Maine’s attorney general filed new paperwork both in district court and with the Supreme Court, saying Libby put the child's safety at risk when she publicly identified them.

That is the biggest line of BS going, but it sure doesn't stop them from using it.

[metmom]

Mass is a cancer in this country.

[Dr. Sivana]

If Maine’s constitution is like the US Constitution it grants the houses of the legislature to be the judges of their members.

The U.S. Constitution guarantees a republican form of government for the several states. I would argue that if a censured member cannot vote on legislation, the body is no longer truly republican. You can shut her up, but the vote has to be counted.

[Republican Wildcat]

Maine’s attorney general filed new paperwork both in district court and with the Supreme Court, saying Libby put the child's safety at risk when she publicly identified them.

No, those "adults" who told the child to embrace denial of their gender and deny the reality of biology put the child at risk...and continue to do so.

[Pontiac]

I think you are thinking about the real U.S. Constitution - not the synthetic one imposed after the disaster at Appomattox.

Perhaps you are correct.

The USSC ruled unconstitutionally as they have no power to impose any action on the Congress.