Judge rules Texas law requiring age verification at porn sites dicks over First Amendment rights

Yet another court has ruled that the GOP-dominated Texas Legislature overstepped constitutional bounds during this year’s culture war-fueled session. On Thursday, a federal judge in San Antonio ruled that a new state law forcing porn sites to use age-verification measures — such as a requiring users to submit facial scans or pictures of their government-issued photo IDs — violates the First Amendment. The law also would require sites to bear a “Texas Health and Human Services Warning” about the dangers of ogling porn.