The Supreme Court announced it scheduled oral arguments for Jan. 15, 2025, in a case challenging a Texas law mandating age verification for users of pornography websites.
The announcement in the case known as Free Speech Coalition Inc. v. Paxton was made on Oct. 31.
The petitioner, the Free Speech Coalition, describes itself as the “nonprofit non-partisan trade association for the adult industry.” Its mission is to pursue “a world in which body sovereignty is recognized, sexual expression is destigmatized, and sex work is decriminalized.”
The respondent, Ken Paxton, is the attorney general of Texas.
According to the coalition’s petition, Texas enacted the law, known as H.B. 1181, in June 2023….