Attorney General Ken Paxton Wins Major Victory Protecting Children from Obscene Materials
On June 12, 2023, Texas enacted H.B. 1181, requiring companies that produce or distribute pornographic material that is harmful to minors to have age-verification capability to ensure that the companies did not distribute the material to minors. A coalition of online pornography websites and “adult performers” sought injunctive relief from the federal district court for the Western District of Texas. Inter alia, Plaintiffs alleged the law “would unconstitutionally restrict their free expression....”
On November 17, 2023, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton secured a significant win in the U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals against pornography distributors suing to stop Texas from implementing a new law requiring pornography sites to verify whether a user is 18 years or older. The ruling stayed a district court’s injunction against the law, allowing the Office of the Attorney General (“OAG”) to enforce it and protect Texas children.
The Council on Pornography Reform was proud to have had a role in the appeals process!
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AMICUS BRIEF
FREE SPEECH COALITION, INC., et al.,
Plaintiffs-Appellees,
v.
ANGELA COLMENERO,
Defendant-Appellant,
The First Amendment Does Not Protect Pornography
On February 12, 2024, the Reel American Heroes Foundation Policy Paper was published. This paper demonstrates that pornography is entitled to no constitutional protection. Judges have badly abused the First Amendment, twisting its meaning to give protection to pornographic material that the Framers of that Amendment, which was ratified in 1791, never envisioned.
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RAHF POLICY PAPER
OP-Ed-Ricky Schroder: The Porn Pushers Have No 1st Amendment Rights
On February 14, 2024, The Western Journal published our founder, Ricky Schroder's article.
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OP-ED ARTICLE
