Biological man pretending to be woman, Montana lawmaker Zooey Zephyr, was barred from the Montana House floor recently for breaking decorum during a debate on legislation regarding sex change surgery for children. Zephyr has spent every moment since, trying to get back in by sharing photos on social media and trying to court sympathy. Zephyr even took the case to a judge, who just ruled against HIM.
Washington Times (h/t Gateway Pundit)A Montana judge refused to block the House censure of transwoman Democratic state Rep. Zooey Zephyr for breach of decorum, meaning the lawmaker will likely finish the legislative session without being permitted to enter the statehouse floor.
Montana District Court Judge Mike Menahan rejected Tuesday a petition filed by the American Civil Liberties Union on behalf of the legislator and four constituents, citing the constitutional separation of powers between the legislative and judicial branches.
“Article V, Section 10 of the Montana Constitution explicitly grants each house of the Montana legislature the authority to ‘expel or punish a member for good cause,’” said Judge Menahan in the four-page ruling. “Because the constitution explicitly reserves this power for the Legislature, the Court’s powers are conversely limited.”
Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen cheered the judge’s decision in the lawsuit, which his spokesperson had dismissed as “performance litigation.”
“This lawsuit was nothing more than an attempt by outside groups to interfere with Montana’s lawmaking process,” said Mr. Knudsen. “Today’s decision is a win for the rule of law and the separation of powers enshrined in our Constitution.”
The lawsuit filed Monday accused House Speaker Matt Regier of engaging in “retaliation against protected free speech” and targeting Ms. Zephyr based on gender identity. The House voted last week to censure Ms. Zephyr, the state’s first transgender legislator, after “he” raised a microphone in the air in support of a raucous protest crowd that filled the House gallery chanting “Let her speak!”
The tranny legislator accused lawmakers how having “blood on your hands” for supporting legislation to prohibit minor children from being prescribed gender-transition drugs and surgeries. Senate Bill 99 was signed into law Friday.
Mr. Regier said that the “Montana courts have recognized that the Judicial Branch has no power to revise or overrule the power expressly held by the Montana State Legislature to conduct its business.”
Mr. Zephyr isn’t interested in doing the work of the people of Montana.
This is all about him.
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