First Amendment trumps gamer grumps

The New York Times reported Tuesday (August 21, 2007) that attempts by state legislatures to restrict sales of certain videogames uniformly fail:

Citing the Constitution’s protection of free speech, federal judges have rejected attempts to regulate video games in eight cities and states since 2001. The judge in a ninth place, Oklahoma, has temporarily blocked a law pending a final decision. No such laws have been upheld.

It’s worth noting the following quote from 2001 by Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Richard A. Posner, author of the majority opinion for the first major case against videogames…