Legislative routes to protecting copyright would have a chilling effect on the internet, as they would usher in greater surveillance and governmental sanctioning of the blocking of content as well as the disconnection of users.
But, a much more fundamental explanation can be found by examining our political institutions, which were designed to allow a minority to block governmental reforms that they oppose.
Lewis writes that an expansive respect for freedom of speech informs the reader as to why citizens should object to governmental attempts to block the media from reporting about the causes of a controversial war.
Getting my life back on track was no easy matter especially finding out that governmental road blocks existed at almost every level of my re-entry.
Opponents, under the umbrella group Thanks but No Tank, are challenging the tank in court as their options for blocking it through the governmental process dwindle.
In fact, whether it's a global gag order blocking U.S. aid to non-governmental organizations that promote or offer abortion, or increasing efforts to defund Planned Parenthood, access to abortion faces increased challenges under the Trump administration.
Mario Monti, the competition commissioner, said in a statement today that the antitrust case centered on "suspected misuses of governmental systems and procedures which have the effect of blocking or delaying entry to the market of cheaper medicines".
It may also have threatened the company's ability to sell to schools and governmental agencies — San Francisco officials, for example, said they would be blocking purchases of Apple products.
The company's first brush with governmental pressure came when the Chinese government's internet filters started intermittently blocking Google.com in the year 2000.
The new Congress's plan to block any governmental intervention on behalf of 15 million-plus jobless Americans guarantees that the unemployment rate, back up to 9.8 percent as of Friday, will remain intractable too.
