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Ketanji Brown Jackson Still Pretending She Doesn't Know What A Woman Is

Reading her dissent in Maine Rep. Laurel Libby's case

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Matt Osborne
May 23, 2025
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State Rep. Laurel Libby of Maine was offended by boys being allowed to cheat in girls’ sporting events. When she spoke out on Facebook, Libby included the name and photo of a male student receiving this blinkered privilege in a pole vault event. Because she had blasphemed their most sacred caste by calling out the cheater, the Democrats who control the Maine House censured Libby, refusing to count her votes on legislation until she apologized for her sin against the holy trans child.

This week, the United States Supreme Court granted Libby an injunction against that censure, inferring that Maine Democrats are likely to ultimately lose their litigation with Libby. They are also likely to lose their litigation with the Trump administration over clear violations of the plain text of Title IX that the state’s Democratic governor explicitly encourages. Like the many proposed challenges to the recent UK supreme court ruling on ‘gender identity,’ these will all eventually prove to be expensive virtue signals in a losing cause.

The Court’s order is a mere note written in terse legalese. Justice Sotomayor “would deny the application,” but without explanation. Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, on the other hand, has included a wall of text, five whole pages of blather. Justices have been known to write a blistering dissent sometimes. However, this dissent is gaslighting. Justice Jackson is using her dissent to participate in the silencing tactics of Maine Democrats.

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