The justice asked if Pornhub was "like the old Playboy magazine" with "essays by the modern-day equivalent of Gore Vidal and William F. Buckley Jr.?”

Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito, 74, became the talk of the internet after asking about how PornHub compared to Playboy Magazine during a hearing on Wednesday regarding Texas H.B. 1181.

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.

Samuel Alito asked whether Pornhub is a modern day Playboy magazine during oral arguments over Texas age-verification law. The post ‘Is it like the old Playboy magazine?’: Alito asks if Pornhub has articles,

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During arguments for a case over a Texas law requiring age verification for pornographic websites, Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito asked the lawyer for the adult industry whether Pornhub, a major porn site,

You have essays there by the modern-day equivalent of Gore Vidal and William F. Buckley Jr.?” the jurist asked to laughter from spectators.