SCOTUS: Video game ban unconstitutional

A 7-2 vote throws out California's law prohibiting sales of violent video games to children:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_supreme_court_violent_video_games

Score one for proponents of parental responsibility.

 

Government throws out ruling requiring governing. Tea party should rejoice.

 

The result that was expected, but still good to see it come down.

Breyer was practically psychotic at the oral argument in favor of the ban. Almost uncomfortably emotional about it. So no surprise to see him in the dissent.

 

SCOTUS was busy today. They also threw out an Arizona law to allow extra taxpayer funded support for political candidates who get outspent:

http://www.cnn.com/2011/US/06/27/scotus.arizona.campaign.finance/index.html?eref=mrss_igoogle_cnn

Here's what sounds bad, to me. The five say that it violates free speech. How is that, when the more money a candidate has, the more speech they can disseminate?

 

So ... how are movie ratings not the same thing?

 

I don't think movie ratings are a law. They're set by the theaters and enforced by them.

 

Because the government does not create them. The MPAA does, and it's a private organization.

 

This is our America.

 

As someone who lives in AZ and is a big supporter of Clean Elections, I'm pretty chilled by this. It's certainly consistent with the Court's continued dismantling of campaign finance reform efforts. I expect it to continue, to the detriment of everyone who can't buy a legislator.

ETA: As for the video game decision, that was a good one.

 

When did our America start having so many foreign license plates?