( January 2, 2026, 7:58 AM EST) -- According to Shepard’s, as of Dec. 30, 35 rulings issued by federal courts, state courts, courts in the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico and the Federal Trade Commission have cited the U.S. Supreme Court’s June decision in Free Speech Coal., Inc. v. Paxton, a case in which the high court ruled that a Texas law requiring certain websites publishing sexually explicit content to verify the age of those visiting the websites to ensure they are adults did not violate the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution....