Judicial nominee Elena Kagan, presently before the Senate in confirmation hearings, apparently has no problem banning books and other media when the right people want to. You can listen to the audio on the linked post.

The opposition clarifies the issue for us. “Right-wing media are distorting comments Elena Kagan made during arguments before the Supreme Court to falsely claim she said ‘it’s fine if the law bans books.’ In fact, in the video the right is citing, Kagan never said ‘it’s fine if the law bans books’; she specifically argued that federal law had never banned books and likely could not do so.”

That’s so true. I did not hear her say, “It’s fine if the law bans books.” I heard her say that the statute has never been applied to books and no one ever wanted to apply it to books. The Supreme Court Justices make it clear that the law does apply to books, but Kagan argues no one will ever enforce that application.

In other news, Hon. Kagan claims to be an originalist in one sense.