Tears of Scrutiny

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🗓️ 2 May 2024

⏱️ 58 minutes

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It’s a silent spring in Texas as Pornhub pulls out of the state in an act of protest over a law requiring age verification measures. Sarah and David go through the legal battle between the explicit site and Texas AG Ken Paxton.The Agenda: —Sarah’s high —Texas law requiring age verification to access pornography online —The tiers of scrutiny in constitutional law —The role of text, history, and tradition —Going through the Antisemitism Awareness Act of 2023 —Understanding the differences between Medicare and Medicaid can be challenging, even for lawmakersShow Notes: —Sarah’s Remnant episode —Jacobellis v. Ohio —Ginsberg v. New York —Ashcroft v. ACLU —Child Online Protection Act —Wickard v. Filburn Wilker —United States v. Carolene Products Company —David for NYT: Ban Online Porn for Kids —David for NYT: One Party Has a Serious Foreign Policy Problem. The Other Has a Tantrum. —A class-action lawsuit against Columbia Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:32.2	I was born ready. Welcome to Advisory opinions. I'm Sarah Isker, that's David French and we had a short window to record today and that
0:56.4	means two things David. One, I'm on laughing gas and two, there's a Kleenex box with a dead bird on my dining room table.
1:07.7	Uh, clean, okay. So let's deal with the second one first.
1:12.2	Yeah, okay.
1:13.4	When did you kill the bird?
1:14.9	Why?
1:15.6	And did it annoy you like Cricket?
1:17.0	Annoyed Kristi Nome.
1:18.7	Not at all.
1:20.0	In fact, it was a very animal-friendly morning this morning on my drive to drop off the brisket at school.
1:26.1	The man in front of me with a Nevada license plate stopped his car, and I was like, what's going on?
1:31.5	And he was getting out of his car to help a turtle cross the road and it brought me so much joy.
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