Summary

The Supreme Court’s hearing of Free Speech Coalition v. Paxton signals potential limits on First Amendment protections for online pornography.

The case involves a Texas law mandating age verification for websites with “sexual material harmful to minors,” challenging the 2004 Ashcroft v. ACLU precedent, which struck down similar laws under strict scrutiny.

Justices, citing the inadequacy of modern filtering tools, seemed inclined to weaken free speech protections, exploring standards like intermediate scrutiny.

The ruling could reshape online speech regulations, leaving adults’ access to sexual content uncertain while tightening restrictions for minors.

  • @[email protected]
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    179 hours ago

    Freedom of speech is so important it is literally the first thing they remembered to add in.

    • @danc4498
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      169 hours ago

      They didn’t even mention individuals having the rights to own guns, but god damn they had to add that one to the second amendment through the courts.

      • @[email protected]
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        13 hours ago

        “A well regulated militia”

        Back then that meant a gun group with regular training, any civillian in the militia could also own guns for private use

        • @Chip_Rat
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          04 hours ago

          Can you explain your position? Honest question, because if I just take your post “Militias are armed citizens” I can use logic to know that to be false. Militia can be comprised of armed citizens, but armed citizens are not militia…

          A log cabin is made of logs, but a log isnt a cabin?

          • @[email protected]
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            04 hours ago

            Can you explain your position?

            Under no pretext should arms and ammunition be surrendered; any attempt to disarm the workers must be frustrated, by force if necessary’ - Karl Marx

            • @Chip_Rat
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              34 hours ago

              I had no idea Karl Marx was an author of the constitution of the United States! Wow! Thanks!