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Michelle Goldberg: The hideous Comstock Act is back from the dead

The cruelty of Comstock’s crusade helped spark the creation of the modern civil liberties movement.

(U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee on the Judiciary via The New York Times) A photo provided by the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee shows Trump nominee Matthew Kacsmaryk during the nomination hearing to the federal judiciary at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, on Dec. 13, 2017.

(U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee on the Judiciary via The New York Times) A photo provided by the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee shows Trump nominee Matthew Kacsmaryk during the nomination hearing to the federal judiciary at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, on Dec. 13, 2017.

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By Michelle Goldberg | The New York Times