Violent Video Game Limits Questioned at High Court
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U.S. Supreme Court justices signaled they may strike down a California law barring the sale of violent video games to minors, telling a state lawyer defending the measure that it might violate the constitutional free-speech guarantee.
Hearing arguments in a case that may test their understanding of popular culture and emerging technologies, several justices today said they knew enough to worry about the implications were they to uphold the law. They asked whether states could similarly shield children from exposure to movie and comic-book violence and to depictions of smoking and drinking.