Cory Doctorow on Nostr: Look, presidents ignore Congress's laws all the time. The Comstock Act (which ...
Look, presidents ignore Congress's laws all the time. The Comstock Act (which effectively bans transporting pornography and contraception) is almost entirely ignored, and has been for generations (though Trump's creepy Heritage Foundation puppetmasters have promised to bring it back).
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