] A federal judge ended a contentious hearing Friday by
] extending a temporary ban on a book that argues Americans
] do not have to pay income taxes.

The last time I checked, the first ammendment pretty much kept the government out of the business of deciding what books were publishable or not, especially when the book contains political or non-fictional elements such as a biography.

] In arguing for a permanent restraining order, Davis
] called Schiff's ideas "frivolous interpretations" of U.S.
] tax law.
]
] "Criminal prosecutions (of those who follow Schiff's
] advice) can take months, if not years. The harm is
] occurring now and it must be stopped now," he said.

So let the harm occur now, and let it be corrected in the future. (tongue in cheek: let them continue to denude the rights of americans via the Patriot Act and its ilk by making the book purchase history of american citizens be subpeona'able to find those who MIGHT be cheating on their taxes, and don't forget to look at library lending records, and maybe think to embed RFID chips in the binders of each book so that you can find them more quickly with remote scanners. Okay, so I went overboard... :) )