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The party of small government.
In fairness, this is a state law. States rights being part of the Republican platform during my childhood. Just another reason not to go to/live in Arkansas
Is it?
I think "you can't show porn to kids" seems like something well within the authority of a state to make a law about, even if the implementation is hamfisted and ineffective.
My understanding is that porn would be considered obscenity, and obscenity is generally not protected by the first amendment, and can generally be regulated much more strictly.
This isn't "you can't show porn to kids," this is "you have to provide an official ID to see porn." Aside from just basic surveillance state issues, what happens when there's the inevitable data breach?