Jul 13, 2023 — Thousands were arrested under the Act and Comstock himself boasted that 15 people were driven to suicide by his actions. After his death in 1915 ...
The Comstock Act is back in the news, so we think it's the perfect time to revisit Katherine Giuffre’s essay on Anthony Comstock’s enduring legal and cultural influence in the U.S.
A 150-year-old lawThe 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".1 day ago
The Comstock laws are a set of federal acts passed by the United States Congress under the Grant administration along with related state laws.
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