You know, I always thought to myself: "Hey, I could be a judge." You know, sitting around and tell everyone what it means: "sit down and shut up!" You are stupid, and you are stupid! Pay him and leave him alone! "You can handle the truth!" Yes, life would be. Will a judge would be really easy.

Take this California V. Electronic Software Association case, by "Shut up, California!" can be sums you can not everything you have the desired! "Try fix to keep the damn deficit instead of player!" That's basically what the Supreme Court said, you know, with much less attitude and more words, the actually affected the case....

Planned the ESA President and CEO Michael D. Gallagher said:

This is a historical and complete victory for the first amendment and the creative freedom of artists and storytellers everywhere. The Supreme Court of Justice confirmed today, what we have always known-that freedom of speech protection as apply much to video games, as they do with other forms of creative expression, such as books, movies and music. The Court stated strongly that content-based restrictions are unconstitutional games; and, that have parents, not government officials, the right to decide what is appropriate for their children.

The Supreme Court of the United States upheld the decision in the lower courts with a 7-2 decision. Justice Scalia wrote for the majority:

The State's evidence is not compelling. California based itself primarily on the research of Dr. Craig Anderson and a few other research psychologists, which Studien claim a connection between exposure to violent video games and harmful effects on the children show. These studies have been rejected by any court to look at it, and with good reason: they do not prove that violent video games to aggressively Act minors cause (which would be at least a start). Instead ' almost all the research is based on correlation, not evidence of causation, and most of the studies approved, significant shortcomings in the methodology suffer.

California may not show also that the law restrictions the alleged significant need for the parents meet, their children want to restrict access on violent videos. The video game industry voluntary rating system is achieved already to a large extent.

California's efforts to the violent video games are the latest episode in a long line of failed to regulate try to censor violent entertainment for minors... The object is considered constitutional limits on Government measures in the protection of children.

IN YOUR FACE CALIFORNIA! WOOOOOOO!

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