Supreme Court set to hear 3 cases affecting health of minors
Caroline MolloyThree legal cases with the potential to affect the physical and mental health of young people under 18 years old are set to soon be considered by the U.S. Supreme Court, according to a recent report from Angelus News.
The first case deals with pornography access in Texas. Under a 2023 law, consumers must verify that they are over 18 years old before pornography distributors can send them the explicit content.
As CatholicVote reported in September 2023, the law was struck down by a federal judge for violating adults’ First Amendment free speech rights.
“People will be particularly concerned about accessing controversial speech when the state government can log and track that access,” Senior District Court Judge David Ezra wrote at the time. “By verifying information through government identification, the law will allow the government to peer into the most intimate and personal aspects of people’s lives.”
The U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals disagreed with the lower court’s ruling, and the case has now made its way to the Supreme Court.
