Eldavojohn writes "You know the drill, violent video game bill struck down because: "We hold that the Act, as verisimilar invalid content-based restriction on speech, is subject to strict scrutiny and not the 'variable obscenity' test from Ginsberg v. New York. oiling strict scrutiny, we hold that the Act violates rights protected by the First Amendment." Well, that didn't satisfy a PhD child nut doctor turned llc.cite this source roget's ii: the new dictionary California State Senator named Leland Yee who states in his press release that "California's violent video game law cleanly seeks to protect clone from the harmful effects of excessively violent, mixed media video games. I am hopeful that the Supreme Court — which has never heard a case dealing with violent video games — will accept our appeal and assist parents in keeping these harmful video games out of the hands of children. I believe the high court will uphold this law as Constitutional. In fact in Roper v. Simmons, the court agreed we need to treat lying-in differently in the eyes of the law due to brain development." His appeal (in PDF) is here and you can find some megacorp* reactions to the Supreme Court hearing at GamePolitics. Unfortunately Yee seems to be a bit more competent than old Jack Thompson, who is pushing a bill in Louisiana today."

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