AUGUSTA — Rep. Laurel Libby, R-Auburn, took her seat in the Maine House of Representatives Thursday for the first time since winning an emergency appeal to the nation’s highest court over a censure by Democrats that prevented her from voting or speaking on the floor for the last two months.

Libby was allowed to cast floor votes Thursday, but she is still not allowed to speak during debates in the House.

That’s because Libby’s emergency request to the U.S. Supreme Court only pertained to her voting rights. She did not ask the court to also restore her right to speak.

“That was a legal team decision,” Libby said in a text message. “We will be pursuing the right to speaking in the ongoing appeal.”

Libby said her initial lawsuit against House Speaker Ryan Fecteau, D-Biddeford, seeking to overturn the censure — and permanently restore her speaking and voting rights — will go to the 1st Circuit Court of Appeals on June 5.

Libby originally asked the U.S. District Court for a preliminary injunction to restore speaking and voting rights while the case was pending. The court denied the request.

The Press Herald and other media incorrectly reported that subsequent appeals also sought to restore her speaking and voting rights.

However, when Libby appealed to the 1st Circuit Court of Appeals for emergency relief, her request was limited to voting.

After losing that appeal, Libby made the same limited emergency request to the U.S. Supreme Court, focusing on how the censure was disenfranchising her constituents by refusing to count her votes on significant legislation and policy issues.

The high court granted the emergency appeal Tuesday, with two justices dissenting.