The First Circuit Court of Appeals on Thursday heard oral arguments in Republican state Rep. Laurel Libby's bid to overturn a censure by Democrats in the Maine House.

The censure prohibited Libby from voting or speaking during floor debates and her legal challenge was initially dealt two key setbacks, but a recent order by the U.S. Supreme Court temporarily restoring her voting rights may have changed the trajectory of the case.

Libby was censured by Democrats in February for criticizing a transgender high school athlete in a social media post that helped ignite the ongoing dispute between Maine Gov. Janet Mills and President Donald Trump. While that conflict has garnered national media attention, Libby's censure — and her refusal to end it with an apology — has churned alongside it, rai

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