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.

The justice spoke to President-elect Donald Trump on the phone hours before Trump asked the Supreme Court to stop his sentencing.

On Wednesday, the Supreme Court heard arguments about whether Texas is violating the First Amendment by requiring age verification to view pornography.

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.?”

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,

Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito spoke with President-elect Donald Trump about a former law clerk the day before Trump went to the high court in a push to delay the sentencing in his New York hush-money case,

While considering a First Amendment case about access to explicit websites online, Supreme Court Justices Neil Gorsuch and Samuel Alito appeared to be unfamiliar with websites such as PornHub, asking representing attorneys about the kinds of content available on such websites.

The case, challenging H.B. 1181, raises questions about online content regulation and First Amendment rights, with a decision expected by June 2025.