The Supreme Court seems open to a Texas law aimed at blocking kids from seeing online pornography. But the justices could still send it back to a lower court for more consideration of how the age verification measure affects adults’ free-speech rights.

Can Texas and red states limit children from instant access to vast amounts of online pornography? The Supreme Court will decide.

The Supreme Court appeared open Wednesday to upholding a Texas law requiring pornography websites verify the age of their users, as they expressed concerns during oral arguments about the ease children have accessing explicit videos online.

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 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.

During oral arguments, justices grappled with questions of how to protect children while preserving free speech and privacy.

The Supreme Court on Wednesday seemed open to upholding a Texas law requiring age verification for accessing pornography online, though the debate turned murkier on the standard of scrutiny that should be applied to it and similar laws in more than a dozen states.

A Texas anti-pornography law is going before the Supreme Court in a collision of free speech rights, regulation of online content and how to protect children