Barack Obama’s nominee for Deputy Attorney General, David Ogden, once represented Playboy and paved the way for the blind to enjoy the magazine at the Library of Congress. Ogden also argued against a law restricting obscene content at libraries and fought a laq requiring publishers of porn to verify the age of their models.

One of Ogden’s triumphs came in 1986, when he argued against the Library of Congress’ decision to stop publishing Braille editions of Playboy magazine…

Ogden also represented Playboy two decades ago in pushing for the federal court to stop then-Attorney General Edwin Meese from releasing a “black list” of distributors of allegedly pornographic content. He won that as well…

For instance, he once filed a brief on behalf of a group of library directors arguing against the Children’s Internet Protection Act. The act ordered libraries and schools receiving funding for the Internet to restrict access to obscene sites. But Ogden’s brief argued that the act impaired the ability of librarians to do their jobs. He called it “unconstitutional,” though the Supreme Court later disagreed with him and upheld the act.

And he argued, on behalf of several media groups, against a child pornography law that required publishers of all kinds to verify and document the age of their models (which would ensure the models are at least 18). The provisions were struck down.

And yet Former Sen. John Warner (R-VA) will introduce Ogden at the Senate tomorrow. And the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children claims that the Deputy Attorney General-designate will serve America’s families well. Uh huh. Because being against making sure that porn models are actually 18 or older, fighting laws that require schools to block access to porn, and fighting for access to Playboy at the Library of Congress just screams “great for American families”.