At SCOTUS

At SCOTUS, Attorney General Ken Paxton Defends Texas Law Requiring Age Verification Measures for Pornography Sites; Dozens of States, Lawmakers, and Experts File Briefs In Support

AUSTIN – Attorney General Ken Paxton filed a brief with the Supreme Court of the United States (“SCOTUS”), asking it to uphold House Bill 1181, a Texas law requiring pornography companies to institute reasonable age-verification measures to safeguard children from obscene online material. Texas will argue the case before SCOTUS on January 15, 2025. Immediately after Texas passed HB 1181 in 2023, pornography distributors sued to stop the law. However, Attorney General Paxton won a major victory […]