A Republican Maine state representative has filed a lawsuit alleging the state’s House speaker and other Democrats violated her First Amendment rights and disenfranchised her constituents by censuring her last month and barring from speaking or voting on the House floor.

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.

A Maine GOP lawmaker who was censured by Democrats over her comments about a transgender student has filed a federal lawsuit challenging the move that has blocked her from voting on bills or speaking on legislative matters.