{"id":2614370,"date":"2026-06-15T17:52:01","date_gmt":"2026-06-15T21:52:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/supreme-court-urged-to-block-texas-app-store-age-verification-law\/"},"modified":"2026-06-15T17:54:05","modified_gmt":"2026-06-15T21:54:05","slug":"supreme-court-urged-to-block-texas-app-store-age-verification-law","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/supreme-court-urged-to-block-texas-app-store-age-verification-law\/","title":{"rendered":"Supreme Court urged to block Texas app store age verification law"},"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\">22<\/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-urged-to-block-texas-app-store-age-verification-law%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=2614370&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 is currently considering a legal challenge related to a Texas law that requires app stores to implement age verification and parental consent before minors can download apps. The law, SB 2420, has been allowed to go into effect by a federal appeals court, despite objections from groups like Students Engaged in Advancing Texas and the Computer and Communications Industry Association (CCIA), which argue it violates the First Amendment. They contend that the law imposes unneeded verification hurdles on all users and effectively controls access to online speech for both minors and adults. A federal district court initially blocked enforcement, citing First Amendment concerns, but the injunction was later lifted by the 5th Circuit Court. The case is now under consideration by the Supreme court, which has requested a response from Texas officials. Simultaneously occurring, the Court is preparing to release its remaining opinions for the term, including cases on issues such as the firing authority of President Trump, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/supreme-court-to-hear-challenge-to-indefinite-detention-of-criminal-immigrants\/\" title=\"... to ... to indefinite detention of criminal immigrants\">gender-specific sports laws<\/a>, and mail-in ballot counting laws.  <\/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<article class=\"fn-body\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/supreme-court\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"203\">Supreme Court<\/a> is being asked to weigh in on a legal battle over a <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/texas\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"253\">Texas<\/a> law requiring app stores to implement age verification for users and require parental permission for minors to download apps after a federal appeals court allowed the law to go into effect.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Students Engaged in Advancing Texas, a left-wing education activist group, and the Computer and Communications Industry Association, a lobbying group for the technology industry, both filed emergency petitions to the Supreme Court urging it to halt enforcement of SB 2420, which imposes the requirements on app stores, alleging it is a violation of the First Amendment.<\/p>\n<section class=\"explore-more-section\" id=\"wex-recommended-widget\">\n<div class=\"magazine-container single\">\n<h1 class=\"magazine-title mt-2\">Recommended Stories<\/h1>\n<p>             <i class=\"fa-solid fa-play icon\"><\/i>         <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-grid\">\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/supreme-court\/4608991\/supreme-court-declines-hear-98-year-old-judge-fight-suspension\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Supreme Court declines to hear 98-year-old judge\u2019s fight against suspension<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/supreme-court\/4609273\/supreme-court-declines-gunmaker-challenge-new-york-firearms-liability-law\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Supreme Court declines to hear gunmakers\u2019 challenge to New York firearms liability law<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/supreme-court\/4608794\/supreme-court-declines-carter-page-lawsuit-fbi-russia-investigation\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Supreme Court declines to hear Carter Page\u2019s lawsuit against former FBI officials<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cNo State has ever required its citizens to prove their age before reading a newspaper, entering a bookstore, or even accessing the internet,\u201d the CCIA petition said. \u201cTexas Senate Bill 2420 does exactly that \u2014 for every mobile app on every mobile phone. 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And any Texan under 18 must link his account to a verified parent\u2019s account (another verification hurdle) and obtain express parental consent for <em>any <\/em>app download or <em>any <\/em>in-app purchase \u2014 every audiobook, every movie, and so on \u2014 without any possibility of blanket consent.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap\" style=\"min-height:5px;\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" style=\"display:none;\">Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-15\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-1\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIn doing so, the Act deputizes app stores to police both minors\u2019 and adults\u2019 threshold access to vast amounts of online speech \u2014 and then restrict minors\u2019 access on an app-by-app and download-by-download basis,\u201d the petition continued.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The petitions argued a \u201cbrick-and-mortar analog\u201d to the law in question would be unconstitutional and urged them to block the law while litigation continues in lower federal courts.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Justice Samuel Alito, who oversees emergency petitions from Texas federal courts, requested a response from Texas officials by 4 p.m. on June 22. 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