Morris Ernst

Morris Leopold Ernst (August 23, 1888 – May 21, 1976) was an American lawyer and prominent attorney for the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU). In public life, he defended and asserted the rights of Americans to privacy and freedom from censorship, playing a significant role in challenging and overcoming the banning of certain works of literature (including James Joyce's Ulysses and Radclyffe Hall's The Well of Loneliness) and in asserting the right of media employees to organize labor unions. He also promoted an anti-communist stance within the ACLU itself and was a member of the President's Committee on Civil Rights. Quotes Pornography is any matter or thing exhibiting or visually representing persons or animals performing the sexual act, whether normal or abnormal To the Pure...: A Study of Obscenity and the Censor (New York: Viking Press, 1928), p. 277 External links Category:Lawyers from the United States Category:1888 births Category:1976 deaths