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Law’s Eric Chaffee says Texas faces a high bar to defend its porn site age-verification law

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NewsweekEric Chaffee, professor and the Peter M. Gerhart Distinguished Research Scholar at the School of Law, said that Texas faces a high bar to defend its porn site age-verification law. Courts apply strict scrutiny to content-based speech regulations, requiring proof the law is the least restrictive way to achieve a compelling interest—an argument Chaffee said Texas might struggle to meet.