Sable Communications of California, Inc. v. FCC

492 U.S. 115·1989

What the Court Decided

The Court struck down a federal ban on indecent 'Dial-a-Porn' messages under strict scrutiny as applied to adults while upholding the ban on obscene content, suggesting that less restrictive means such as credit-card verification could protect children without banning adult access.

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Cited In

Free Speech Coalition v. Paxton

2024 Term · 23-1122

Petitioners cited Sable as the foundational precedent establishing that strict scrutiny applies to laws burdening adults' access to sexually explicit content, even when the same content may be regulated for children under rational basis.