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for actual information: https://www.scotusblog.com/2024/04/court-allows-texas-to-enforce-age-verification-for-online-porn-sites/ https://www.scotusblog.com/2024

by emtel 2y ago

for actual information: https://www.scotusblog.com/2024/04/court-allows-texas-to-enforce-age-verification-for-online-porn-sites/ https://www.scotusblog.com/2024/04/court-allows-texas-to-enf... First paragraph: > The Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to temporarily block a Texas law that requires pornographic websites to verify their users’ ages. In a brief unsigned order, the justices turned down a request from a group of challengers that included an adult industry trade association to put the law on hold to give them time to seek review of a ruling by a federal appeals court.

kolbe 2y ago
To add, this is a part if the legal process that isn't well understood by the public, and often misrepresented in the media. It's not even well-understood by experts, frankly, but it's important to note that this is a stage in the legal appeal process where SCOTUS can choose to kind of temporarily pre-rule on a law being challenged, based on very brief arguments. It's often used in cases where failing to act on one side or another presents a serious risk of something happening before the court can rule. For example: an execution. SCOTUS can "stay" an execution, that is, prevent the execution from happening, because, well, if the guy gets killed before the trial, and then they find in his favor, they can't undo the execution. In a case like this, it's not surprising that they found no significant irreparable harm to Texans if the law remains until the courts can rule.
- kichik 2y ago
  We need a "dumb it down for the non-lawyers" on every article that mentions courts. ELIANAL. I always try to ask my lawyer friends, but they are sadly not very good at dumbing it down.