Book Banning by US Government?

Following up on yesterday's post, the Supreme Court Nominee, Elena Kagan, has argued unsuccessfully for a government statute which could, theoretically, be used to ban political books. Audio of the argument. AllahPundit does not seem to think that this argument, which was part of her job, necessarily reflects her own views, although he thought her performance was weak. Reason has more details, plus good questions to ask the nominee.

Other fun facts: She doesn't respect the current confirmation process for Supreme Court Justices. Makes sense. But she liked the Bork hearings, including, evidently, the vicious, totally unsubstantiated slanders by Ted Kennedy, which led to the current situation. She's apparently not a knee-jerk liberal, though she is extremely liberal on some issues. Most informed observers think she will easily get through confirmation hearings.