U.S. District Court judge Ronald Whyte is following in the footsteps of so many of his peers. Yesterday he ruled that a California law that requires labels on violent video games and bars the sale of such games to minors violates the First Amendment right to free speech.
Whyte had already issued a preliminary injunction against the law after The Video Software Dealers Association and the Entertainment Software Association sued to block it. Yesterday’s ruling made that injunction a permanent order.
The ironic champion of the now-overturned law? None other than “Terminator” and “Terminator II” star and current California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, who said the state would appeal Whyte’s decision. Schwarzenegger, however, faces an uphill battle. Similar laws in Louisiana, Minnesota, Michigan (and possibly other states) have been consistently struck down as free speech violations.
Cynthia Brumfield at 8:01 AM|Comments(0)
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