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.
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.
Supreme Court Justice Appears Unfamiliar with Pornhub During Free Speech Hearing: 'Is It Like the Old Playboy Magazine?'
While considering a First Amendment case about access to explicit websites online, Supreme Court Justices Neil Gorsuch and Samuel Alito appeared to be unfamiliar with websites such as PornHub, asking representing attorneys about the kinds of content available on such websites.
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 challenged on First Amendment grounds.
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.
Pornography age-verification laws get warm reception at Supreme Court
The Supreme Court on Wednesday seemed open to upholding a Texas law requiring age verification for accessing pornography online, though the debate turned murkier on the standard of scrutiny that should be applied to it and similar laws in more than a dozen states.
Supreme Court hears arguments on First Amendment challenge to age verification for porn sites
The Supreme Court heard a challenge from PornHub and other sites to the Texas law that requires age verification — via government-issued ID or face scan — for certain websites, including porn sites.
Supreme Court divided on Texas age-verification law for porn sites
The Supreme Court on Wednesday was divided over a challenge to a Texas law that requires pornography sites to verify the age of their users before providing access. Last year a federal appeals court in New Orleans allowed the state to enforce the law,
Porn had a bad day at the Supreme Court. But Texas didn't have a good one.
On Wednesday, the Supreme Court heard a case that could resolve the dispute between major porn sites and the state of Texas, though the court is unlikely to make anybody happy when it rules this summer.
Supreme Court appears inclined to uphold age mandate for porn sites
The Supreme Court appeared sympathetic to state laws requiring online age verification for websites hosting explicit adult content.
Supreme Court leans in favor of state-enforced age limits on porn websites
Can Texas and red states limit children from instant access to vast amounts of online pornography? The Supreme Court will decide.
Justice Alito Has Some Questions About Pornhub
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Justice Alito mockingly asks whether people visit Pornhub for articles ‘like the old Playboy magazine’
You have essays there by the modern-day equivalent of Gore Vidal and William F. Buckley Jr.?” the jurist asked to laughter from spectators.