U.S. Supreme Court: Video Game Biz States its Case in California Violent Video Game Law Appeal

There was a previous court case that delt with violence and media,in fact it was the very first case dealing with violence. this case was ruled that violent media is protected speech

In Winters v. New York (1948), Justice Stanley Reed, writing for the majority, protected entertainment from infringement by ruling that "[t]he line between … informing and … entertaining is too elusive … . Everyone is familiar with instances of propaganda as fiction. What is one man's amusement, teaches another's doctrine” (see also Cohen v. California, 1971). That was an important ruling because Winters is one of the few Supreme Court cases that deal with the question of the effect of violence in the media. The state of New York had arrested New York City bookseller Winters under a statute that prohibited the sale of stories of bloodshed. After three arguments before the Supreme Court, the law was deemed unconstitutional on the grounds that it was too vague.

Watching JT on GP is just like watching an episode of Jerry springer only as funny as the fights

It would be nice if they chose to take this bill just so they could rip the shit out of it. But really, they do have more important things to be looking at then one state's insane quest to ban entertainment.

Huh, when it's phrased like that it does seem kind of important :P

As I stated before, I almost hope the Supreme Court chooses to review this petition (remember, they can choose to do nothing).  As this brief notes, the lower courts have been unanimous in their assertion of First Amendment rights over video games, particularly since no one has successfully argued that games targeted by those laws are (legal defined as) "obscene."  So it is incredibly unlikely that the Supreme Court would go against precidence, and they would uphold the lower courts' decisions.

If that happened, it would pretty much stick a pin in any other politicians' plans to try and pass video game legislation in order to garner support from family organizatons.  It would also mean that our ol' buddy JT would have a much harder time selling his bullshit in the form of State bills that waste everyone's time.  Hell, even the Eagle Forum wouldn't be able to bully any Representatives into sponsoring video game legislation.

Unfortunately, the Court is most likely to pass on this petition, having much more important issues to deal with.  But at least that would kill the California bill for good.

I think it's time to raise some $$ and mail a copy of the Bill of Rights to Yee and all the other politicians who are trying to circumvent it.  They need a reminder to stop wasting everyone's time and tax $$.

If this passes then polititions will soon try to have games banned from adults, then owning a violent game will be illegal. Give them an inch and they take a mile.