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US high court to give First Amendment scrutiny to age-verification law

By Madeline Hughes ( January 13, 2025, 22:42 GMT | Comment) -- The US Supreme Court will hear arguments on Wednesday about the constitutionality of a Texas law that requires online adult websites to verify users’ age, 20 years after its last look at such age verification. The US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit upheld Texas H.B. 1181 – a law that requires websites with sexual content to verify users’ age – under rational-basis review, rather than strict scrutiny, which has been the high court’s usual practice. The conflicting review method used by the Fifth Circuit created a circuit split in how these cases should be addressed.The US Supreme Court is set to hear arguments on Wednesday about whether a Texas law that requires online adult websites to verify users’ age is constitutional....

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