J’aime Morgaine examines a letter from the ACLU concerning the federal lawsuit she filed against U.S. Rep. Paul Gosar, R-District 4 — which includes Kingman and Prescott, for blocking her from commenting on his Facebook page. / Kingman Daily Miner/Courtesy
By Howard Fischer | Capitol Media Services via PinalCentral
The American Civil Liberties Union has dropped its lawsuit against Congressman Paul Gosar, saying it now has assurances that constituents won’t be blocked from posting comments on his Facebook page he does not like.
Attorney Darrell Hill acknowledged Friday that Gosar had changed his policies about how the page will operate before the ACLU filed suit in April on behalf of J’aime Morgaine of Kingman and Paul Hamilton of Prescott. And, in fact, Gosar already had removed the block he had previously placed on the pair.
But Hill said the policy change, by itself, did not guarantee future open access, something he now says the congressman, through his chief of staff, has now provided.
Still, Hill told Capitol Media Services that his organization intends to monitor how Gosar and his staff run the web page to ensure that the First Amendment rights of constituents are not violated in the future. And if there are problems, he said, there will be a third lawsuit.
