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6 Tex. Rev. Ent. & Sports L. 79 (2004-2006)
Precedent Be Damned - It's All about Good Politics & Sensational Soundbites: The Video Game Censorship Saga of 2005

handle is hein.journals/tresl6 and id is 81 raw text is: PRECEDENT BE DAMNED - IT'S ALL ABOUT GOOD POLITICS & SENSATIONAL SOUNDBITES: THE VIDEO GAME CENSORSHIP SAGA OF 2005 Clay Calvert 7 & Robert D. Richardse Introduction ................................................................................ 80 I. THE LEGISLATIVE LANDSCAPE OF 2005: THE BATTLES IN ILLINOIS, MICHIGAN AND CALIFORNIA OVER VIDEO GAME L A W S .................................................................................. 87 A . Illinois .......................................................................... 87 1. The Initial Outrage, Rhetoric and Proposal ........... 90 2. The First Amendment, Precedent and Judicial Protection of Video Games ..................................... 94 3. Legislation, Litigation and Judicial Resolution in Illinois ................................................................... 98 B . M ich igan ....................................................................... 110 C . C alifornia ...................................................................... 119 D . S um m ary ....................................................................... 128 II. Making a Federal Case Out of Violent Video Games ............ 129 III. It's Just Our Opinion: Newspapers Weigh in on Violent V ideo G am es ....................................................................... 136 A. Restricting Violent Video Games on the State Level .... 138 v Associate Professor of Communications & Law and Co-Director of the Pennsylvania Center for the First Amendment at The Pennsylvania State University. B.A., 1987, Communication, Stanford University; J.D. (Order of the Coif), 1991, McGeorge School of Law, University of the Pacific; Ph.D., 1996, Communication, Stanford University. Member, State Bar of California. Professor of Journalism & Law and Founding Co-Director of the Pennsylvania Center for the First Amendment at The Pennsylvania State University. B.A., 1983, M.A. 1984, Communication, The Pennsylvania State University; J.D., 1987, The American University. Member, State Bar of Pennsylvania. The authors collectively thank the research efforts of Harriet Huell, Mary Tiritilli, Rachel Frankel, Michael Loggia and Alan Zhou of The Pennsylvania State University who contributed to this article.

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