Does protecting kids from being exposed to pornography suppress the free speech rights of adults? According to U.S. District Judge Sheryl Lipman of Memphis, Tennessee, the answer is yes. But her opinion may be in the minority.
In recent months, at least 19 states have passed laws that require age verification on porn sites to help decrease the chances of minors accessing them. Tennessee is the latest to join in this effort through the Protect Tennessee Minors Act, which was supposed to go into effect on Jan. 1. Lipman, however, largely blocked the law in court because she believed it would “likely suppress the First Amendment free speech rights of adults without actually preventing children from accessing the harmful material in question.”
The Daily Wire’s Matt Walsh responded with skepticism: “The judge is saying that we should not [enact this law] at all…
