{"id":2394191,"date":"2025-01-23T08:18:59","date_gmt":"2025-01-23T13:18:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/how-trumps-second-admin-can-take-down-the-porn-industry\/"},"modified":"2025-01-23T08:21:26","modified_gmt":"2025-01-23T13:21:26","slug":"how-trumps-second-admin-can-take-down-the-porn-industry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/how-trumps-second-admin-can-take-down-the-porn-industry\/","title":{"rendered":"How Trump&#8217;s Second Admin Can Take Down The Porn Industry"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fhow-trumps-second-admin-can-take-down-the-porn-industry%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2394191&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>in the Capitol Rotunda, President-elect\u200b Donald Trump took the\u2063 oath of office for\u2063 a second time, reaffirming \u200dhis commitment to uphold the Constitution of the\u200b United States. However, the interpretation of \u200dthat \u2064Constitution is currently being\u2063 challenged in the Supreme Court, where \u2063a group known \u200cas the &#8220;Free Speech Coalition,&#8221;\u200c representing the porn industry, is fighting \u2064a Texas \u2063law \u200crequiring that platforms verifying the age of their users \u200dbefore granting access to obscene materials. thay argue that this <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">law violates free \u200dspeech rights<\/a>, a claim deemed unreasonable and disingenuous by critics who believe it undermines the actual principles of\u2062 the first Amendment. Opponents argue that free speech protections should not extend to obscene \u200dmaterials lacking literary \u2064or\u2062 political \u2062value, emphasizing that the Founding Fathers did \u2063not intend\u2063 for obscenity \u2062to fall under constitutional protections.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>In the Capitol Rotunda on Monday, President-elect Donald Trump took the oath of office for a second time, swearing once again his allegiance to preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States. But what that Constitution means is being determined just east of the rotunda, in the marble halls of the Supreme Court, where a group of pornographers claiming the mantle of free speech are attempting to ensure that the president&rsquo;s oath includes defending their ability to peddle obscene materials to children.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>They call themselves the &ldquo;Free Speech Coalition,&rdquo; but they&rsquo;re just a trade association created to lobby for the porn industry. This month, they took Texas to the Supreme Court because the Lone Star State passed a law requiring obscene platforms to verify the age of their users before providing access. In oral arguments before the court last Wednesday, they contested that this somehow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/texas-lawmakers-approve-star-spangled-banner-bill-gov-signature-awaits\/\" title=\"Texas Lawmakers Approve &#039;Star-Spangled Banner&#039; Bill; Gov. Signature Awaits\">violates free speech<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Their claim is a ridiculous, bad-faith argument made by those who stand to profit from selling sex. The notion of First Amendment protection for obscenity offends anyone with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cnn-finally-discovers-china-uses-u-s-media-to-attack-the-united-states\/\" title=\"CNN Finally Discovers China Uses U.S. Media To Attack The United States\">common sense<\/a> and makes a mockery of the Constitution.<\/p>\n<p>Free speech protections are exactly what they sound like: protections for speech. They are not designed for obscene videos that don&rsquo;t have literary or political merit. That&rsquo;s not what our Founding Fathers, or hundreds of years of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hong-kong-issues-first-guilty-verdict-under-china-demanded-national-security-law\/\" title=\"Hong Kong Issues First Guilty Verdict Under China-Demanded \u2018National Security Law\u2019\">common law tradition<\/a>, intended to protect. Our ancestors fought and died so the American people could offer political opinions, even controversial ones, at town meetings, not so Americans could freely engage in obscene acts in the public square, much less put today&rsquo;s hardcore pornography in front of children.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>This view was held by almost everyone for 200 years of American history. In <em>People v. Ruggles<\/em>, a case before the New York Supreme Court in 1811, Chief Justice James Kent outlined this position clearly, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hillsdale.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/2004-free-speech-in-the-founding-and-in-modern-liberalism.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">writing<\/a>: &ldquo;Things which corrupt moral sentiment, as obscene actions, prints, and writings &hellip; are punishable because they strike at the root of moral obligation and weaken the security of the social ties.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>As recently as 1987, President Ronald Reagan and Attorney General Edwin Meese were operating a National Obscenity Enforcement Unit that successfully brought indictments against distributors of sexually explicit films, books, and magazines in conservative jurisdictions around the country.<\/p>\n<p>So let&rsquo;s be clear: The Supreme Court upholding Texas&rsquo; right to protect children by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/in-depth-states-unite-to-protect-minors-from-brain-altering-pornography\/\" title=\"States join forces to safeguard minors from harmful pornography.\">requiring pornographic websites<\/a> to make sure their users are adults is essential, but it is just the first step back to sanity. It is the bare minimum to combat a global porn industry exploiting the innocence of American children to the tune of billions per year in revenue.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Rampant accessibility to obscenity is an existential threat to the American way of life. According to a new <a href=\"https:\/\/wheatley.byu.edu\/unprotected-from-porn\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">report<\/a> from Institute for Family Studies, nearly 1 in 4 teen boys now report watching porn at least once a day, more than twice as many as 10 years ago. Much of that pornography features violence, rape, domination and submission, or sex with children and underage teens. This content is not only horrifying, but repeated exposure to pornography makes children far more likely to exhibit problematic and unhealthy sexual behaviors later in life. Our founders understood that obscenity like this is not just immoral but harmful to the formation of a civic society that aims to produce strong and stable families, loving husbands, and duly respected mothers.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>To make America great again, we must be bold and brave enough to go on offense against obscenity. If Texas wins, Trump and conservative leaders across the country should work to make age verification a reality in every state. Additionally, Congress should take up similar legislation at the federal level.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The administration should also task the Department of Justice with prosecuting porn producers and distributors, starting with foreign porn producers that flout our laws. Finally, the federal government should fully enforce laws against obscenity that are already on the books and work diligently to remove obscenity from the internet altogether.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>If Texas loses, it would be only a small setback. This movement is just getting started. The American people are with us on this issue. A recent American Principles Project <a href=\"https:\/\/americanprinciplesproject.org\/media\/new-app-poll-83-support-age-verification-mandate-porn-sites\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">poll<\/a> found that 83 percent of registered voters favor common-sense age verification. They clearly want us to take a stand and go on offense. The well-being of our children and the destiny of our great nation depend on it.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>      Kevin Roberts is the president of The Heritage Foundation.&#8232;Terry Schilling is the president of the American Principles Project.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump took the oath again, but its meaning is debated at the Supreme Court<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3637,"featured_media":2394192,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Trump-Executive-Order.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[4106,5894,49053,4353,3634],"class_list":["post-2394191","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-administration","tag-politics","tag-porn-industry","tag-reform","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Trump-Executive-Order.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2394191","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3637"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2394191"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2394191\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2394195,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2394191\/revisions\/2394195"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2394192"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2394191"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2394191"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2394191"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}