Free Speech Coalition, Inc. v. Paxton

Decided June 27, 2025. Clarence Thomas delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 23-1122 · 606 U.S. 461 · Cited 26 times

Texas law H. B. 1181—which requires certain commercial websites publishing sexually explicit content that is obscene to minors to verify that visitors are 18 or older— only incidentally burdens the protected speech of adults and survives intermediate scrutiny under the First Amendment’s Free Speech Clause.

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