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He ran for Congress from Massachusetts and, revitalized, served for 18 years--notably helping to overturn the shameful "gag rule" that forbade the reading of anti-slavery petitions on the floor of the House.
(From 1970 to 1995, the FCC forbade that, which is what made independent producers such as Carsey-Werner and Lorimar billion dollar companies.)
The First Amendment forbade the Government from using the
In 1985, the judiciary committee prevented Reynolds from moving up at Justice because of the Reagan administration's position--which Reynolds endorsed--that Bob Jones University, which forbade (and continues to forbid) interracial dating, should be allowed to keep its tax-exempt status.
Lanzmann arrived, "forbade" the film to be shown (his own word), called it an "obscenity" (because it showed more Nazi baby pictures!)