Or maybe the chief justice just handed us an occasion to dramatize this debate in the biggest possible public forum: the general election for the presidency.
It turns out that re-election to Congress would be impossible if the greatest forum for free speech ever created were to be demolished by the unintended consequences of a ham-handed anti-piracy law.
Term of office for membership of Labour's National Policy Forum (NPF) extended from two years to four, or from one general election to the next (whichever is longer).
It is noteworthy, however, that a hard-line element remains active not only in contesting the election but, according to some democratic leaders, in infiltrating democratic parties (such as the Civic Forum) and in trying to stir up Slovak separatism and popular fears about the consequences of economic transition to a more market-oriented economy.
Labour's National Policy Forum is due to meet later this month to consider ideas that will end up in the election manifesto, and the barons have already begun to flex their muscles.