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

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

Justice Samuel Alito sparked a flurry of quips for his quips during a Supreme Court hearing into a Texas law requiring age verification for pornography websites. During the Wednesday proceeding, the justice asked attorneys representing the Free Speech Coalition if one of their clients,