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Jun 27, 2025 U.S. Supreme Court upheld a Texas law requiring age verification for pornography websites Tier 1 · Primary Institutions and Governance
The ruling permits states to mandate identity disclosure for accessing constitutionally protected speech, with implications for privacy and free expression.
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- 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.
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Week 23 – 2025-06-21–2025-06-27
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Jun 27, 2025 Trump fabricated a historical narrative about the Fourteenth Amendment's origins to justify ending birthright citizenship Tier 1 · Primary Information, Memory and Manipulation
Inventing a false account of constitutional history to support eliminating a citizenship right misrepresents settled law to the public.
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- Trump announces plan to end birthright citizenship via executive order — Following the Supreme Court's Trump v. CASA decision, President Trump announced to reporters his intention to use an executive order to end birthright citizenship, claiming the Fourteenth Amendment was based on a misinterpretation of law and rooted in a fabricated historical narrative about the Civil War ending in 1869 and a case filed on that exact day concerning "babies of slaves."
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Week 23 – 2025-06-21–2025-06-27
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Jun 27, 2025 Trump declared intent to issue an executive order ending birthright citizenship Tier 1 · Primary Power and Authority
Framing a fabricated historical account of the Fourteenth Amendment to justify eliminating a constitutional citizenship right shows executive action untethered from established law.
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- Trump announces plan to end birthright citizenship via executive order — Following the Supreme Court's Trump v. CASA decision, President Trump announced to reporters his intention to use an executive order to end birthright citizenship, claiming the Fourteenth Amendment was based on a misinterpretation of law and rooted in a fabricated historical narrative about the Civil War ending in 1869 and a case filed on that exact day concerning "babies of slaves."
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Week 23 – 2025-06-21–2025-06-27
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