Bingo.

Stopping legislation before it gets passed is the way to go. It's extremely difficult to get laws rescinded or overridden.

And what would make anyone think a few websites getting taken down by the Feds would cause some sort of massive street protest? Our government has done some awful things in the last ten years involving war, torture and civil liberties and most people couldn't care less. Even when there were massive protests over Iraq, they were ignored.