[ATOMIC_PUNK]

But the high court declared that the First Amendment and the Colorado Constitution "protect an individual's fundamental right to purchase books anonymously, free from governmental interference."

Nuff Said

[spqrzilla9]

A bizarre ruling with no basis in constitutional law.

[TheDon]

Nice to see our rights being upheld on occasion.

[Drew68]

"protect an individual's fundamental right to purchase books anonymously, free from governmental interference."

What is sad is that it took a State Supreme Court ruling to figure this no-brainer out.

[Egregious Philbin]

ATOMIC_PUNK

Good name!

[TheHeterodoxConservative]

"Advanced Techniques of Clandestine Psychedelic and Amphetamine Manufacture" by Uncle Fester and "The Construction and Operation of Clandestine Drug Laboratories" by Jack B. Nimble.

Interesting noms de plume (or at least I'm assuming.)

[Centurion2000]

But the high court declared that the First Amendment and the Colorado Constitution "protect an individual's fundamental right to purchase books anonymously, free from governmental interference."

No if we can just get a judge to rule this way on guns we'll be in the clear.

[monkeyshine]

Someone should send this ruling to Dianne Feinstein and Orrin Hatch.

[Exit148]

The Tattered Cover --- my mostest favorite book store in the whole wide world!!!!!!

Everytime I'm in Denver, I have to visit that fantabulous store. I envy all of you in that area.

[Waco]

Shazam! Eureka! Good goobelie goo! The perfect place to store personal/private medical records! Let the a-holes go fish somewhere else! Plus the stores can make a ton of $ storing records. So glad I had this brainstorm. Pat me on the head, Monica!

[weegee]

My biggest issue here (and it was true of the Monica Lewinsky suit to get details from the bookstore she visited)...

Why are bookstores even keeping a tab on who bought what??? The easiest way to prevent such investigation is to not keep such records. In store purchases need no such paperwork and mail order accounts can be cleared after the shipment has been received.

But we live in a world where video stores, grocery stores, online stores (e.g. Amazon) see great value in having a history of your buying/rental habits.

[weegee]

This also reminds me of a case in Japan where a child's severed head was impaled on a fence. The police researched video stores to identify people who had a habit of renting horrifying videos.

The culprit ended up being a 13 year old classmate (I never heard of any link between the video stores and the guilty party).

[RIGHT IN SEATTLE]

"SHAKEDOWN"

The life and lies of Jesse the Slob!

[Whilom]

What? There's a "right" in the Colorado constitution to purchase books anonymously, but not a rifle or pistol? Hmmmmmmm. Nevertheless, the court did not close off disclosure of the book purchaser, only setting a higher standard for the search warrant -- "compelling" interest. Not a bad standard, I think. But why not apply it to other private purchases?