The U.S. Supreme Court upheld a Texas law that requires anyone to verify they are over the age of 18 before viewing pornographic websites on Friday, maintaining the state law, which is intended to protect minors from viewing explicit sites.
In a 6-3 ruling, split down ideological lines, justices said Texas’s law only “incidentally” burdened the protected speech of adults and therefore was not subject to strict scrutiny – the most rigorous form of review that judges use to determine if the government is impeding a person’s rights.
