The age-verification requirement is rationally related to the government's legitimate interest in preventing minors' access to pornography.
As the dissenting opinion by Judge [Patrick] Higginbotham makes clear, this ruling violates decades of precedent from the Supreme Court.
The 5th Circuit, generally regarded as one of the most conservative appeals courts, found that the Texas porn-site law should be reviewed on the 'rational-basis' standard and not under strict scrutiny.
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