Trump Action Archive

Supporting reports

• Supreme Court upholds constitutionality of rural broadband program fees — The Supreme Court decided FCC v Consumers' Research, upholding the constitutionality of fees collected for a rural broadband program. The decision split the conservative bloc, with Gorsuch, Roberts, and Barrett supporting the program's funding mechanism, while Kavanaugh, Alito, and Thomas opposed it as an expansion of administrative state authority.
• Supreme Court upholds Texas age-verification requirement for pornographic websites — The Supreme Court decided Free Speech Coalition Inc v Paxton, upholding Texas's requirement for age verification on pornographic websites. Justice Kagan dissented, noting the law has already driven porn operators out of Texas due to estimated costs of $40,000 per 100,000 verifications. She argued the requirement creates an unconstitutional barrier to adult access to first-amendment-protected content by forcing users to surrender personal information and viewing habits to website operators.
• US Supreme Court upholds Texas age-verification law for pornography websites — The US Supreme Court ruled 6-3 that Texas law HB 1181, requiring pornography websites to verify visitors' ages before accessing adult material, is constitutional and does not violate free speech rights. Justice Clarence Thomas wrote that the statute advances the state's interest in shielding children from sexually explicit content and is appropriately tailored. The Free Speech Coalition, representing adult entertainment companies including Pornhub, had challenged the law. Pornhub has remained unavailable in Texas since March 2024 in protest. The ruling sets precedent for two dozen states with similar age-verification laws.
• Supreme Court releases opinion in Free Speech Coalition, Inc. v. Paxton (23-1122) — The Supreme Court released an official slip opinion in Free Speech Coalition, Inc. v. Paxton. Docket number(s): 23-1122.