Arizona House Representative and Maricopa County Recorder Candidate Justin Heap has been caught once again in multiple lies and multiple violations of the Arizona Constitution. The video begins with a news story segment, but at 1:40 dives into the Arizona Constitution and specific issues the people have been having with Heap. Please watch the entire video. This is a pattern of behavior of an arrogant liar, violating the rights of the people on both sides: left and right. This unethical man is in complete violation of his oath of office and Constitutional duty to the People of Arizona. See the video below.
Justin Heap Violating Arizona and US Constitution and Recent US Supreme Court Ruling Against Blocking on Social Media
Heap’s @azjustinheap X/Twitter and other social media accounts are in violation of the Arizona Constitution and US Constitution First Amendment Freedom of Speech Rights. Heap’s social media is being used as a public forum where he as an elected government official is exercising his state authority in speaking. Blocking is denying the below 29 citizens their Constitutional Rights to engage in free or political speech:
The Arizona Constitution, Article II, Section 6: Freedom of Speech and Press, states “Every person may freely speak, write, and publish on all subjects, being responsible for the abuse of that right.” Korwin v. Cotton, CV 12-0878 (Ariz. Ct. App. May 8, 2014). The Arizona Constitution Art. 2, § 6 has a “greater scope than the first amendment.” Mountain States Tel. & Tel. Co. v. Arizona Corp. Comm’n, 773 P.2d 455, 459 (Ariz. 1989). “The Arizona Constitution gives the right of speech directly to the people”. Phoenix Newspapers, Inc. v. Superior Court, 418 P.2d 594 (Ariz. 1966); Phoenix Newspapers, Inc. v. Jennings, 490 P.2d 563 (Ariz. 1971)
The United States Supreme Court ruled on March 15, 2024, that “such speech by government officials can be attributed to the state, and thus subject to First Amendment scrutiny, only if the person involved has the authority to speak on the state’s behalf and if the official purported to be exercising that authority on the social media platform. The standard set by the court Friday applies to all government officials.” The ruling upholds O’Connor-Ratcliff v. Garnier in which the San Francisco-based 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals sided with the parents, the Garniers who sued the School Board Trustees under 42 U. S. C. §1983, seeking damages and declaratory and injunctive relief for the violation of their First Amendment rights, concluding that the social media pages were a public forum protected by the First Amendment”– USA Today
Justice Amy Coney Barrett: “Social accounts viewed as official communication channels allow for lawsuits when they’re used to speak on the state’s behalf.” and “Supreme Court rules public can sue officials who block, mute them on social media” – Post Millennial. In January 2019, the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals confirmed a lower court ruling in Davison v. Loudoun Cty. Bd. of Supervisors that blocking people on social media is viewpoint discrimination in its most natural form. The Court ruled that government officials are “strictly limited” in their ability to regulate private speech in public forums—even in forums they create on social media. Similarly, Leuthy et al. v. LePage (2018), a court ruled that blocking people who disagreed with Governor LePage of Maine, constituted not only viewpoint discrimination, but government censorship as well.
Perhaps most importantly, as it involved the nation’s highest office, in July 2019 the Second Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a lower court decision by ruling unanimously that President Trump’s practice of blocking critics on social media violates the First Amendment. Restricting participation in social media forums such as Heap does is Unconstitutional. The vast democratic forums of the internet are essential for the exchange of views, especially political speech, which is at the core of First Amendment protections. It is crucial that members of the public remain a part of the conversation, and by doing so are protected when their views are expressed. Being denied that opportunity is significantly harmful to citizens, voters, Several Counties, Arizona, and the United States of America.
Heap has been under fire by MAGA for just 1 year ago insulting Trump and MAGA, including saying: “I’m not MAGA, I didn’t vote for Trump the first time and I hoped he would not run again because I believe he is too polarizing.” – Justin Heap August 1, 2023, “Trump is a serial philanderer and womanizer…” – Justin Heap April 9, 2023, “Actually cult rehabilitation is a well studied & documented field of psychology. But like I said, I’m not a Trump supporter. So your accusations are meaningless.” – Justin Heap May 10, 2023, and “Which glasses, Honey? I’m not a Trump supporter.” – Justin Heap May 10, 2023. Heap was then exposed as a proven liar over his voting record, and was then caught on video one month ago refusing to admit the election was stolen and saying election integrity was a low priority.
The video begins with a news story segment, but at 1:40 dives into the Arizona Constitution and specific issues the people have been having with Heap. Please watch the entire video.
All people of Arizona, please watch and understand who we are putting into office. The ignorance and arrogance that runs in some of our servants that work for The People. They surely don’t need to represent The People any longer. They need to look for a job more suitable to their own needs. Clearly, they don’t represent all of The People.
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