Judd Legum

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8. The plaintiffs in the case are relying on the Comstock Act, an 1873 law that has been ignored or limited by federal courts for decades. The Comstock Act "made it illegal to send 'obscene, lewd or lascivious,' 'immoral,' or 'indecent' publications through the mail. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Feb. 13, 2023

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7. It's not an accident that the case ended up before Kacsmaryk. Texas is exploiting a loophole created by Congress that guarantees plaintiffs who file federal lawsuits in Amarillo, Texas will get Kacsmaryk as their judge It has become the go-to venue for fringe legal arguments — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Feb. 13, 2023

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9. It is named after Anthony Comstock who was the "head of the New York Society for the Suppression of Vice." Comstock famously arrested Ezra Heywood for mailing a copy of "Cupid’s Yokes, in which [Heywood] asserted that women should have the right to control their own bodies" — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Feb. 13, 2023