Constitutional Law
Jul. 2, 2011
First Amendment Protects Violent Video Games ... for Now
When it comes to minors' access to violent video games, parents and the $10 billion video game industry get to make the call.
Stephen F. Rohde
Email: rohdevictr@aol.com
Stephen is a retired civil liberties lawyer and contributor to the Los Angeles Review of Books, is author of American Words for Freedom and Freedom of Assembly.
Resisting calls to create a new limitation on free speech, the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday ruled that states cannot ban the sale or rental of violent video games to children, leaving the issue up to parents and self regulation by the $10 billion video game industry.
On a decisive 7-2 vote, the Court struck down California's 2005 law, which prohibited anyone under 18 from buying or renting violent video games "in which the range of options available to a player includes killing, ...For only $95 a month (the price of 2 article purchases)
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