Transgender Montana Lawmaker’s Appeal to Return to State House Floor Denied by Judge

Transgender Montana lawmaker Zooey Zephyr’s appeal to return to the state’s House floor was denied by a judge.

Judge Mike Menahan of the state’s First District Court, a Democrat and former representative, said in a five-page response letter that he did not have the authority to intervene in the legislative dispute, the New York Times reported. Zephyr had filed the lawsuit on Monday, protesting the lawmaker’s censure after a series of provocative comments and rowdy demonstrations by Zephyr’s supporters.

Zephyr’s lawsuit claimed that the lawmaker’s First Amendment right to free speech was being violated by the censure.

“The lawsuit alleges that recent actions undertaken by House leadership to silence Representative Zephyr are a violation of [the lawmaker’s] own First Amendment rights and the rights of [Zephyr’s] 11,000 constituents to representation in their state government,” a release by the ACLU, which is representing Zephyr, stated. The lawsuit demanded that Zephyr’s censure be immediately revoked. (Read more from “Transgender Montana Lawmaker’s Appeal to Return to State House Floor Denied by Judge” HERE)

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