Two decades later, in 1873, Congress passed the Comstock Act, a law that mandated up to 5 years in prison for any person who sold or distributed a book that was, quote, 'obscene, lewd, or lascivious.'
Durbin discusses the Comstock Act as an example of legislative censorship.
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Thanks for this great honor and recognition. I’m glad to be part of an effective government unit.
That’s why we’ve had an ongoing battle here in Washington for years against the for-profit college and university industry.
I have threatened some of these for-profit schools as a way of getting them to drop the loans that they were enforcing on these students, because I know what happens in the end.
We want to be clear: Democrats and Republicans did not work together to appropriate funds for AHRQ as a gentle suggestion for the Department to follow at their discretion or leisure.
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