[francisandbeans]

In other words, it is OK for the government to go after a bookseller (which is the crux of this argument) for thier records? Do you want a democrat to request that Amazon turn over the names of all buyers of "The Way Things Oughta be"? This is the power you are giving them.

[Whilom]

The crux of the librarian's argument had nothing to do with a bookseller. While I hold that a public library's records should be available to the public, a private bookseller's records should be subject only to a due process subpoena from a judge -- and, yes, I think a subpoena from a designated "spy court" is due process.