A panel of appeals judges has ruled that Tennessee can begin enforcing a law that requires pornographic websites to verify their visitors’ age as the First Amendment debate rises to the U.S. Supreme Court this week for oral arguments over a similar Texas law.

The justices will hear arguments Wednesday on requirements that have been adopted in more than a dozen states.

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is fighting to uphold a Texas law that requires pornographic sites to have age verification.

Texas and 18 other states have recently enacted laws requiring pornography websites to verify the ages of their visitors.

A challenge to a Texas law that aims to keep kids from viewing pornography online asks the US Supreme Court to choose between decisions it issued before and after the internet was invented.

Over two dozen states have passed age-verification laws that free speech advocates say serve as a gateway for the government to suppress disfavored speech.

The US Supreme Court hears a challenge Wednesday to a Texas law requiring pornographic websites to verify visitors' ages, part of a growing effort to limit access by minors to