The Daily Sentinel (Grand Junction): Constituents blocked from participating in state Sen. Ray Scott’s social media pages believe their access should be restored after a recent court ruling declared such exclusion to be a violation of the First Amendment.

The ruling, issued last month in U.S. District Court for the eastern district of Virginia, declared that the chairwoman of the Loudoun County governing board erred when she banned a constituent from her official Facebook page for roughly 12 hours, violating his rights to free speech. The comments the constituent made had been critical of the board and suggested officials acted unethically.

“By prohibiting Plaintiff from participating in her online forum because she took offense at his claim that her colleagues in the County government had acted unethically, Defendant committed a cardinal sin under the First Amendment,” the ruling said.

In light of the decision, some constituents of the Grand Junction Republican are now demanding access to Scott’s social media after being blocked.

The Daily Sentinel was able to confirm four constituents had been limited from either viewing or posting on Scott’s official Twitter and Facebook account pages.

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