{"id":2452886,"date":"2025-06-27T12:02:02","date_gmt":"2025-06-27T16:02:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/supreme-court-upholds-pornography-age-verification-laws\/"},"modified":"2025-06-27T12:03:14","modified_gmt":"2025-06-27T16:03:14","slug":"supreme-court-upholds-pornography-age-verification-laws","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/supreme-court-upholds-pornography-age-verification-laws\/","title":{"rendered":"Supreme Court upholds pornography age-verification laws"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">12<\/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%2Fsupreme-court-upholds-pornography-age-verification-laws%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=2452886&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>The Supreme Court has upheld a Texas law requiring age verification for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-dastardly-right-wing-plot-to-have-babies-and-save-humanity-from-extinction\/\" title=\"The Cunning Plan to Save Humanity: Right-Wing&#039;s Baby Strategy\">accessing online pornography<\/a>, allowing similar regulations in over a dozen states.The court ruled 6-3 in favor of the law, rejecting claims from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/documents-and-texts-reveal-hunter-biden-spent-30k-on-prostitutes-in-5-months\/\" title=\"Documents and Texts Reveal Hunter Biden Spent k on Prostitutes in 5 Months\">adult entertainment industry<\/a> that it violates privacy rights. Justice Clarence Thomas, who wrote the majority opinion, emphasized that states have the authority to implement such measures to protect children from explicit content. The dissenting opinion came from Justice Elena Kagan, joined by Justices Sonia Sotomayor and Ketanji Brown Jackson. The decision has broader implications, affecting the legality of similar laws in 19 other states.  <\/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<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Supreme Court upholds pornography age-verification laws<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2159155\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/supreme-court\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Supreme Court\">Supreme Court<\/a> on Friday upheld a <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/texas\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Texas\">Texas<\/a> law requiring age verification for accessing online <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/pornography\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"pornography\">pornography<\/a>, giving the green light to similar laws in more than a dozen states.<\/p>\n<p>The high court ruled 6-3 in favor of the law, rejecting the adult entertainment industry&rsquo;s argument that the law infringes on privacy rights. Justice Clarence Thomas wrote the majority opinion.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/supreme-court\/3455080\/mahmoud-v-taylor-supreme-court-parents-right-opt-kids-out-lgbt-books\/\">Supreme Court sides with parents who want to opt kids out of LGBT school books<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/supreme-court\/3456149\/supreme-court-upholds-obamacare-preventive-care-mandates\/\">Supreme Court upholds Obamacare preventive care mandates<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/supreme-court\/3455997\/supreme-court-nationwide-injunctions-trump-birthright-citizenship-case\/\">Supreme Court limits nationwide injunctions in Trump birthright citizenship case<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;The power to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/big-tech-is-the-new-big-tobacco\/\" title=\"Big Tech Is The New Big Tobacco\">require age verification<\/a> is within a State&rsquo;s authority to prevent children from accessing sexually explicit content. H. B. 1181 is a constitutionally permissible exercise of that authority,&rdquo; Thomas wrote.<\/p>\n<p>Justice Elena Kagan wrote a dissent, joined by Justices Sonia Sotomayor and Ketanji Brown Jackson.<\/p>\n<p>The justices&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/supreme-court\/3287327\/pornography-age-verification-laws-get-warm-reception-at-supreme-court\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">heard arguments in the case on Jan. 16<\/a> and appeared open to upholding the age verification laws at the center of the case.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/supreme-court\/3414469\/supreme-court-top-cases-2024-2025-term\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"TOP CASES THE SUPREME COURT WILL DECIDE AT THE END OF THIS TERM\">TOP CASES THE SUPREME COURT WILL DECIDE AT THE END OF THIS TERM<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Texas Solicitor General Aaron Nielson defended the law by arguing to the justices that it protects minors without infringing on the rights of adults who wish to view the content. Derek Shaffer, a lawyer representing the adult entertainment industry, argued before the high court that the <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >age verification laws infringe<\/a> on adults&rsquo; rights to view the content by requiring them to submit personal information to view pornography. Shaffer argued that families can filter content on their own devices if they wish to protect their children from it.<\/p>\n<p>The Supreme Court&rsquo;s decision will have implications beyond Texas, as it will determine the fate of 19 states with similar laws.<\/p>\n<p><em>This is a breaking story and will be updated.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_2159155\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"2159155\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Supreme Court affirms Texas age-verification law for porn<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2638,"featured_media":2452889,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/supreme-court-outside-2024-file-photo.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[51239,7750,9963,32275],"class_list":["post-2452886","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner","tag-age-verification-2","tag-laws","tag-pornography","tag-supreme-court"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/supreme-court-outside-2024-file-photo.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2452886","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\/2638"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2452886"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2452886\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2452891,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2452886\/revisions\/2452891"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2452889"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2452886"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2452886"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2452886"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}