Montana transgender lawmaker Rep. Zooey Zephyr lost a court bid to return to the state House after being censured by Republicans.
Montana Rep. Zooey Zephyr said when debating SB99, "If you vote yes on this bill and yes on these amendments, I hope the next time there’s an invocation when you bow your heads in prayer, you see the blood on your hands.will prohibit Rep. Zooey Zephyr, a transgender lawmaker, from returning to the state House floor after she was censured by Republicans for telling them they would have blood on their hands for opposing gender surgery for kids.
His five-page ruling said the move"would require this court to interfere with legislative authority in a manner that exceeds this court’s authority." "It’s a really sad day for the country when the majority party can silence representation from the minority party whenever they take issue," Zephyr told the Associated Press. who identifies as a transgender woman, made headlines after criticizing state colleagues who supported a bill that bans medical care for transitioning minors, saying they would have blood on their hands.
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Judge rejects trans lawmaker Zooey Zephyr’s bid to return to Montana HouseRep. Zooey Zephyr, the transgender Montana lawmaker silenced after bashing Republicans for opposing gender-affirming health care for kids, cannot return to the statehouse House floor and participat…
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Montana Rep. Zooey Zephyr sues over her removal from the state’s House floorMontana state Rep. Zooey Zephyr asked a court Monday to allow for her return to the House floor after she was silenced and barred for chiding her GOP colleagues over legislation to restrict gender-affirming health care and for encouraging protesters.
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Judge rejects Montana Rep. Zooey Zephyr's effort to return to state HouseRep. Zooey Zephyr, the transgender Montana lawmaker who was silenced after telling Republicans they would have blood on their hands for opposing gender-affirming health care for kids, cannot yet return to the statehouse House floor and participate in debate, a judge ruled Tuesday.
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Montana judge denies state Rep. Zooey Zephyr's request to return to House floorState District Judge Mike Menahan cited the separation of powers in ruling against state Rep. Zooey Zephyr and suggested that what she was seeking was outside the scope of the court's authority.
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Montana Rep. Zooey Zephyr sues over removal from House floorAttorneys for Montana state Rep. Zooey Zephyr are asking a court to allow for her return to the House floor. A lawsuit was filed Monday in state district court in Helena on behalf of the transgender Democrat and several constituents who say they are being denied their right to adequate representation. Zephyr was silenced and barred after chiding her Republican colleagues over legislation to restrict gender-affirming health care and for encouraging protesters. The challenge against House Speaker Matt Regier and statehouse Sergeant-at-Arms Bradley Murfitt comes with just days left in the Legislature’s biennial session. Regier and Murfitt have not commented on the lawsuit.
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