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"When the argument turned to such First Amendment horrors as banning books..."

"... banning Internet expression, and banning even Amazon?s book-downloading technology, Kindle, the members of the Court seemed instantly to recoil from the sweep of arguments made by Deputy Solicitor General Malcolm L. Stewart."

I can't wait to read the transcript of the argument in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission. It sounds as though Stewart may have made an advocacy blunder of historic proportion.

And how cool that Kindle got into the argument! I don't like my Kindle ? because I need a sharper contrast (black on white) screen to feel good about it ? but I love the technology of downloading books and want it to succeed. I would love to see this kind of technology unlock the Court's thinking and send it in the direction of greater freedom of speech.

Full post as published by Althouse on March 24, 2009 (boomark / email).