Most injunction stories seem to favor the Left—but here’s one they may not like as much.
On Tuesday, the Supreme Court voted 7-2 to grant an injunction requiring the clerk of the Maine House of Representatives to count votes cast by Rep. Laurel Libby, who had been effectively suspended for her views on gender ideology.
While not a final decision on the merits, this decision means the voters in Libby’s district are no longer disenfranchised.
What’s the background?
Maine forces male and female high school athletes to compete against each other, a policy Libby criticized on Facebook after a boy (who had placed fifth in a male track and field meet last year) won a girls’ pole vault event at a meet this year.
In response, Maine House Speaker Ryan Fecteau pushed the chamber to pass a censure resolution—which it did, on a 75-70 party-line vote—and banned…
