SCOTUS heard arguments regarding Texas' age verification law in Free Speech Coalition v. Paxton on Wednesday. The outcome could change the internet forever.

A majority of the Supreme Court signaled Wednesday that Texas may be permitted to require some form of age verification for pornographic sites, but left open the possibility that deeper First Amendment questions may not be resolved immediately.

The adult entertainment industry has said the law, which requires sites to verify that users are over 18, violates its free speech rights.

The high court held a hearing about a Texas law that requires age verification to access sexual content online, in a legal challenge from the adult industry.

Justices Gorsuch and Alito asked the lawyers representing the pornography industry, during a First Amendment case Wednesday about state laws requiring obscene websites to verify their users' ages, whether they also host non-pornographic content,

Justice Samuel Alito sparked a flurry of quips for his quips during a Supreme Court hearing into a Texas law requiring age verification for pornography websites. During the Wednesday proceeding, the justice asked attorneys representing the Free Speech Coalition if one of their clients,