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Takeaways from the Supreme Court arguments on Texas’ age-verification law for porn sites
A majority of the Supreme Court signaled Wednesday that Texas may be permitted to require some form of age verification for pornographic sites, but left open the possibility that deeper First Amendment questions may not be resolved immediately.
Porn had a bad day at the Supreme Court. But Texas didn't have a good one.
SCOTUS heard arguments regarding Texas' age verification law in Free Speech Coalition v. Paxton on Wednesday. The outcome could change the internet forever.
Supreme Court seems open to age checks for online porn, though some free-speech questions remain
The Supreme Court seems open to a Texas law aimed at blocking kids from seeing online pornography. But the justices could still send it back to a lower court for more consideration of how the age verification measure affects adults’ free-speech rights.
Why Justice Alito asked if Pornhub is like Playboy during Supreme Court arguments
The high court held a hearing about a Texas law that requires age verification to access sexual content online, in a legal challenge from the adult industry.
Justice Alito's Question About Pornhub And Playboy Has People Asking, 'Come Again?'
The justice asked if Pornhub was "like the old Playboy magazine" with "essays by the modern-day equivalent of Gore Vidal and William F. Buckley Jr.?”
Alito Asks if Pornhub Has Essays in Unbelievable Supreme Court Hearing
In oral arguments for a First Amendment case before the Supreme Court Wednesday, Justice Samuel Alito pursued an odd line of questioning regarding free speech and pornography. The case, Free Speech Coalition et al.
Man upset about Supreme Court abortion ruling defaces crisis pregnancy centers, feds say
A man defaced two crisis pregnancy centers in Texas in light of the leaked Dobbs v. Jackson Supreme Court draft opinion that ...
Supreme Court seems likely to allow Texas law requiring age verification to access porn
The justices appeared skeptical of a challenge to the law brought by an adult-content industry group, producers of ...
Supreme Court Seems Ready to Back Texas Law Limiting Access to Pornography
The law, meant to shield minors from sexual materials on the internet by requiring adults to prove they are 18, was ...
US Supreme Court grapples with Texas online porn age-verification law
U.S. Supreme Court justices expressed worries on Wednesday over the availability of online pornography to minors as they ...
Analysis: The Supreme Court reconsiders online pornography
How it rules on a Texas law requiring age verification on adult websites could shift the bounds of internet speech.
Supreme Court wrestles with Texas age-verification requirement for pornography websites
Texas and 18 other states have recently enacted laws requiring pornography websites to verify the ages of their visitors.
Supreme Court justices bring personal experience to debate over blocking internet porn from kids
Amy Coney Barrett, who has 7 kids, took issue with the idea that blocking content is a workable approach. And Sam Alito noted ...
Supreme Court will hear Texas anti-pornography law that challengers say violates free-speech rights
A Texas anti-pornography law is going before the Supreme Court on Wednesday in a collision of free speech rights, regulation ...
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Texas urges Supreme Court to block nuclear waste site
The justices are preparing to hear arguments in March over the federal government’s licensing of a temporary storage facility ...
A Trump DOJ Could Bring an End to the Yearslong Investigation of His Ally Ken Paxton
Donald Trump and the Texas attorney general have forged a friendship over the years, one that has been cemented in their ...