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.

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 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.?”

During arguments for a case over a Texas law requiring age verification for pornographic websites, Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito asked the lawyer for the adult industry whether Pornhub, a major porn site,

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