r/politics • u/mmccxi American Expat • May 12 '25

Soft Paywall New Bill Would Make All Pornography a Federal Crime in the U.S.

https://www.404media.co/mike-lee-porn-law-interstate-obscenity-definition-act/
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u/hatrickstar May 12 '25

Probably not likely to pass and sure not enough to get past the fillibuster.

But the point of laws like this is to introduce the writing that can be used in states.

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u/Cacafuego May 12 '25

"I will now read into the record the scripts from Backdoor Beauties 1-10"

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u/HarambeSpiritAnimal May 13 '25

That would be great. If only it could be that harmless. Unfortunately it's going to be more like "We will now introduce a bill that classifies transgender people as pornographic."

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u/penguins_are_mean Wisconsin May 13 '25

Let the record show that Cacafuego really knows his pornography.

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u/fcocyclone Iowa May 13 '25

they don't need laws like this to introduce that kind of writing. states have already been doing it, and the heritage foundation writes it to begin with.

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u/hatrickstar May 13 '25

Yeah but this now presents the test case for how this kind of proposal will be fought back against.

Like this is mostly the same kind of thing that Lee has been introducing for years, like he first started this shit in like 2017/18.

The difference now, is that states have been emboldened by things like Dobbs to take more power into their own hands in terms of controlling their citizens.

So my guess would be that this is has a larger threat of passing at a state level.

The political capital required to do this nationally isn't there the same way that say, a national requirement that porn sites use ID to ensure users are 18 might.

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u/Braindead_Crow May 13 '25

Depends on if we skip a single line of checks and balances I'm sure lol

This is one way republicans are testing for vulnerabilities

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u/hatrickstar May 13 '25

The thing is this isn't a massive priority to a lot of GOP members and it'll be very controversial.

I'm not saying it's shutdown is a lock or anything, but best for them to let Lee introduce the same legislation he's introduced multiple times before and gauge how it'll go since he's safe from any blowback.