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Supreme Court divided on Texas age-verification law for porn sites

<p><img width="150" height="150" src="https://www.scotusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/paxton-150x150.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="Supreme Court divided on Texas age-verification law for porn sites" title="Supreme Court divided on Texas age-verification law for porn sites" style="float:right;" decoding="async" srcset="https://www.scotusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/paxton-150x150.jpg 150w, https://www.scotusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/paxton-570x570.jpg 570w, https://www.scotusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/paxton-500x500.jpg 500w, https://www.scotusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/paxton-1000x1000.jpg 1000w" sizes="(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px" />The Supreme Court on Wednesday was divided over a challenge to a Texas law that requires pornography sites to verify the age of their users before providing access. Last year a federal appeals court in New Orleans allowed the state to enforce the law, holding...</p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.scotusblog.com/2025/01/supreme-court-divided-on-texas-age-verification-law-for-porn-sites/">Supreme Court divided on Texas age-verification law for porn sites</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.scotusblog.com">SCOTUSblog</a>.</p>

mingooland · · 6 min read
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The morning read for Wednesday, Jan. 15

<p><img width="150" height="150" src="https://www.scotusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Banner200115r-1-150x150.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="The morning read for Wednesday, Jan. 15" title="The morning read for Wednesday, Jan. 15" style="float:right;" decoding="async" />We are expecting one or more opinions from the court this morning at 10 a.m. EST. Join us for the live blog or follow along with Katie Barlow on TikTok. The court will then hear oral arguments in Free Speech Coalition v. Paxton, a First...</p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.scotusblog.com/2025/01/the-morning-read-for-wednesday-jan-15/">The morning read for Wednesday, Jan. 15</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.scotusblog.com">SCOTUSblog</a>.</p>

mingooland · · 1 min read
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Announcement of opinions for Wednesday, Jan. 15

<p><img width="150" height="150" src="https://www.scotusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Banner190626-150x150.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="Announcement of opinions for Wednesday, Jan. 15" title="Announcement of opinions for Wednesday, Jan. 15" style="float:right;" decoding="async" />On Wednesday, Jan. 15, we will be live blogging as the court releases opinions in one or more argued cases from the current term. Click here for a list of FAQs about opinion announcements.  </p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.scotusblog.com/2025/01/announcement-of-opinions-for-wednesday-jan-15/">Announcement of opinions for Wednesday, Jan. 15</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.scotusblog.com">SCOTUSblog</a>.</p>

mingooland · · 1 min read
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Justices debate right to renew lawsuit after voluntary dismissal

<p><img width="150" height="150" src="https://www.scotusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/supremecourt-6-150x150.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="Justices debate right to renew lawsuit after voluntary dismissal" title="Justices debate right to renew lawsuit after voluntary dismissal" style="float:right;" decoding="async" srcset="https://www.scotusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/supremecourt-6-150x150.jpg 150w, https://www.scotusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/supremecourt-6-570x570.jpg 570w, https://www.scotusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/supremecourt-6-500x500.jpg 500w, https://www.scotusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/supremecourt-6-1000x1000.jpg 1000w" sizes="(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px" />Tuesday’s argument in Waetzig v. Halliburton Energy Services was brief and relaxed. The issue in the case is the standard for allowing a claimant to reopen a case that he voluntarily dismissed a few years earlier, and the justices did not seem to find the...</p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.scotusblog.com/2025/01/justices-debate-right-to-renew-lawsuit-after-voluntary-dismissal/">Justices debate right to renew lawsuit after voluntary dismissal</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.scotusblog.com">SCOTUSblog</a>.</p>

mingooland · · 3 min read
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