Justice Sam Alito asked a lawyer representing PornHub if the site boasted essays "by the modern day equivalent of Gore Vidal and William F. Buckley Jr.?" The post Justice Alito Asks PornHub’s Lawyer If People Visit the Site for the Articles ‘Like the Old Playboy Magazine’ first appeared on Mediaite.

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.

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