Debbie No Longer Does Dallas

“U.S. Supreme Court justices expressed worries on Wednesday over the availability of online pornography to minors as they weighed the legality of a Texas law that requires pornographic websites to verify the age of users, but also voiced concern over burdens imposed on adults to view constitutionally protected material.” In many states, one is required to share proof of age before viewing online adult material. (Uh yeah, let me just scan my passport real quick…) US Supreme Court grapples with Texas online porn age-verification law. I’d be willing to bet that this restrictive Texas law will be upheld (at least until betting is outlawed). At one point during the hearing, Justice Alito asked about the site P-rnhub. “Is it like the old Playboy magazine, you have essays there by the modern-day equivalent of Gore Vidal and William F. Buckley Jr.?” (Alito talking about porn could be the one thing that stops people from searching for porn.)

+ Supreme Court divided on Texas age-verification law for porn sites. (One assumes there will be porn parodies of today’s hearing called Oral Arguments, Habeas Play, Gripping Testimony, Is That a Docket in Your Pocket?, Robes, Globes, and Probes, Alitoe Fetish, Please Submit Your Briefs, and If Clarence’s RV’s a-Rocking, Don’t Come a-Knockin’…)