It’s literally the first sentence in the article.
You posted the article but didn’t read it?
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It's not, though. This is the first sentence in the article:
As Michael McGrady pointed out in his recent guest post for Techdirt, nearly 41 percent of Americans subject to age verification laws targeting porn and, of course, porn consumers.
It can be inferred, of course, from that line, but isn't explicitly stated.
Amusingly it's not even a sentence but a sentence fragment (I am not trying to be pedantic, since your point is valid - I assume the article is just missing an "are", but I find it funny).
“Subject” is being used as a verb here. So it’s not “subject to age verification laws,” but “subject to age verification laws.” They are subjecting, or subjugating themselves, to verification laws. It is a complete sentence. A weirdly written one, but a complete one.
Yep, they missed the verb. "...of Americans ARE subject to..." fixes it
Touché
Well
Anyway
Yes, Tennessee is one of the states.
You posted the article but didn’t read it?
Yes. I saw it in my RSS feed and thought people on Lemmy would find it interesting.
The logic is sound, because I (and assumingly others) found it interesting, but please try to read an article before sharing it.
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Does that mean the other states can get back to baitin' too?
I've never understood that shit. State a bans something, states b, c, d, and e also ban it. Federal judge comes in and says "state c cannot ban that. It's unconstitutional," how and why does that not apply to the others as well? It makes no fucking sense. Our country is fucking weird
Law is all about nuance. Two states don't have the same word for word law.
I know, but these are federal judges stating that the ban cannot go through because it violates federal law, is it not? Or am I misunderstanding and they are federal judges saying that TNs law violates TN own state constitution?
At least now the other states can use this as precident that it's unconstitutional.
Only if they're master of their own domain.
No