When it comes to statutes curbing access to lawful sexual content—material that’s neither obscene nor child pornographic—the US Supreme Court sometimes bends its normal First Amendment rules of review ...

Supreme Court opinions typically are governed by well-established doctrines for determining whether a statute passes First Amendment muster. Notably, content-based laws (ones targeting particular ...

A group of pornography companies and an adult performer sued, arguing that H.B. 1181 amounts to a content-based restriction on speech and therefore triggers “strict scrutiny”—the most demanding form ...

Strict Scrutiny is a podcast focusing on the Supreme Court of the United States and its associated legal culture. It is hosted by Leah Litman, Melissa Murray, and Kate Shaw. Litman is a professor of ...

A central focus of yesterday’s Supreme Court arguments on state laws protecting girls’ sports was whether “as-applied” equal protection challenges are available under intermediate scrutiny. That’s ...