The newest member of the Supreme Court has issued her thoughts on the violent video game law that sought to deny game sales to minors. The law originated in California, immediately seeing a forceful push back by entertainment and video game related organizations. Brown v. Entertainment Merchants Association battled all the way to the Supreme Court, who ruled the law to be unconstitutional by a 7-2 vote. Justice Kagan now says that she ‘struggled’ to come to a decision with the arguments.
"It was the case where I struggled most and thought most often I'm on the wrong side of it," said Justice Elena Kagan at the Aspen Institute's McCloskey Speaker Series.
"You could see why the government would have wanted to do this and you can see the kind of danger it was worried about, the kind of effects these extremely violent video games have on young people."
Justice Kagan stood with six other Justices to hold the 1st amendment as paramount in America’s ideological pursuit of freedom in striking the law from record. She affirmed that the court strongly believes in the Amendment, saying “this is a court that is extremely protective of the First Amendment and extremely protective of speech. There is no question the court has a very expansive view of the First Amendment."
