WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court says California cannot ban the rental or
sale of violent video games to children.
The high court agreed Monday with a federal court's decision to throw out
California's ban on the sale or rental of violent video games to minors. The
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Sacramento said the law violated
minors' rights under the First and Fourteenth amendments.
The law would have prohibited the sale or rental of violent games to anyone
under 18. Retailers who violated the act would have been fined up to $1,000
for each infraction.
The court on a 7-2 vote said the law was unconstitutional.
More than 46 million American households have at least one video-game system
, with the industry bringing in at least $18 billion in 2010.
