The Supreme Court's Stay on the Comstock Act

In 1905, playwright George Bernard Shaw wrote an op-ed in the New York Times making fun of America's quote. Comstock tried to shut down the Chicago World's Fair because they were putting belly dancers out as one of the many acts that you could go see when he thought belly dancing was obscene. But even though Comstock himself became kind of a joke, the act and similar laws enacted by states stayed on the books. The Fifth Circuit appeals court has scheduled a hearing for May 17th; case is almost certainly headed back to the Supreme Court.