On Porn and Paxton

Advisory Opinions

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🗓️ 16 January 2025

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Is limiting access to porn a free speech violation? Sarah Isgur and David French discuss that question following oral arguments in Free Speech Coalition, Inc. v. Paxton. The Agenda: —Best argument of the term —Does context protect a lie? —Burden of proof in age verification laws —Project Veritas and press freedom —Breaking down the Laken Riley Act Advisory Opinions is a production of The Dispatch, a digital media company covering politics, policy, and culture from a non-partisan, conservative perspective. To access all of The Dispatch’s offerings—including Sarah’s Collision newsletter, weekly livestreams, and other members-only content—click here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Ready?
0:01.0	I was born ready.
0:04.0	Welcome to advisory opinions. I'm Sarah Isger. That's David French and David, we're going to do four things today. We're going to do two oral arguments, one-night circuit en banc, and then we're going to talk about a proposed piece of immigration legislation that is surprisingly getting bipartisan support. And David, I'm really excited because today is a big day in any Supreme Court term,
0:39.5	one that I know listeners, judges across the country are waiting for.
0:44.9	I'm ready to announce best argument of the term, David.
0:47.9	Are you really?
0:49.1	I really am.
0:50.0	But it's only January 15th.
0:52.6	We're at the halfway point.
0:53.5	I mean, as we record it, yes. Yeah. So we're at the halfway point. I mean, as we record it, yes.
0:54.4	Yeah.
0:54.7	So we're at the halfway point in the term.
0:57.9	So I could be proven wrong.
0:59.8	But that's how confident I am.
1:02.0	Now, it's important that everyone understand what goes into best argument of the term.
1:06.9	Generally speaking, it is going to be something of delight.
1:10.1	It is not going to necessarily be one of the
1:13.0	like big cases of the term. And it's going to be the argument that I most think exemplifies the work
1:19.8	that the Supreme Court does for a non-lawyer or a lawyer who just wants to pop in for a Supreme Court argument to see what all the fuss is about.
1:30.8	And I've got it, David.
1:32.4	You've got it? Okay.
1:33.8	It's not the porn case.
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