Search results
26 de mar. de 2024 · The Comstock Act, championed by anti-vice crusader Anthony Comstock and passed in 1873, made it a federal crime to send or receive any material deemed "obscene, lewd or lascivious".
15 de abr. de 2020 · Comstock, a moral crusader with a strict religious upbringing who believed that those who viewed erotic materials were sinners condemned to hell, was largely responsible for the development of obscenity laws in the United States.
26 de mar. de 2024 · The law is named for Anthony Comstock, head of the New York Society for the Suppression of Vice who was named a special agent of the U.S. Postal Service and was responsible for enforcing the law.
A federal abortion ban won’t pass Congress. But activists hope a 19th Century law could be enforced to halt the procedure.
Hace 4 días · To understand the Comstock Act, we must comprehend the origins of Anthony Comstock’s merciless conceptions of God, humanity, sexuality, reproduction and law. Comstock, a postal inspector and ...
12 de abr. de 2023 · Anthony Comstock, the 19th-century scourge of art and sex, is suddenly relevant again thanks to Donald Trump’s worst judge.
26 de feb. de 2023 · Anthony Comstock was jubilant over his legislative victory. Soon after the federal law was on the books, twenty-four states enacted their own versions of Comstock laws to restrict the ...
