Comstock Act of 1873
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title:
Comstock Act of 1873
text:
The Comstock Act of 1873 is a series of current provisions in Federal law that generally criminalize the involvement of the United States Postal Service, its officers, or a common carrier in conveying obscene matter, crime-inciting matter, or certain abortion-related matter. The Comstock Act is largely codified across title 18 of the United States Code and was enacted beginning in 1872 with the attachment of an extraneous rider to a postal service reconsolidation bill. Amended multiple times sin
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description:
United States anti-obscenity law
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comstock_Act_of_1873
date created:
2003-03-04T07:08:09Z
date modified:
2024-09-09T21:36:11Z
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