The Supreme Court is hearing oral arguments on Jan. 15 over a Texas age verification requirement for porn sites and its implications for the First Amendment.
The case, known as Free Speech Coalition v. Paxton, came out of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, which upheld the Texas law in March of 2024.
It comes amid a wave of age-verification laws passed across 19 states, as well as concerns that pornography use is creating a public health crisis.
“Minors viewing pornography has been associated with an increase in unhealthy sexual behavior, sexual aggression, mental illness, unstable relationships, and reduced family formation,” an amicus brief submitted in November from a group of social science scholars read....
