The porn industry’s sizable influence aside, it was easy to miss (with all the inauguration buzz) that its cynically named ...

Back when pornography was sold mostly in retail stores, a simple “Adults Only” sign and a vigilant clerk were enough to keep ...

We will get a fair decision that provides helpful guidance and a path forward that allows states to protect children while honoring the First Amendment.

House Bill 1053 seeks to enact age verification to access adult websites in South Dakota. Nineteen states have passed similar ...

There are catchy phrases for legal non-doctrines that explain seeming anomalies in precedent. “Bad-man-stays-in-jail” ...

State Rep. Jared Patterson writes about the effects social media has on children and his recently filed House Bill 186, which ...

The Supreme Court on Wednesday seemed inclined to revive a civil rights lawsuit against the Texas police officer who shot a ...

Technology has come a long way since the Court first struck down age-verification requirements. Age verification services are ...

Attorney Gen. Ken Paxton has been filing suits targeting the porn industry since 2023. Now he's at the U.S. Supreme Court.

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A state lawmaker from Sioux Falls is taking a second run at requiring Internet sites to verify ages of people who want to ...

Of course the state has a legitimate interest in preventing minors from accessing porn online that is intended for adults. Who could be against that? Certainly not the state of Texas, which ...