First Amendment Controversy

A recent first right amendment challenge that is relevant to the younger generation is the controversy over video game content. In the case of Brown v Entertainment Merchants, a corporation challenged California’s right to put a law banning the sale of violent video games to minors. In 2011, the Supreme Court ruled in favor of the corporation because there was not sufficient evidence for harm caused by video games. Another reason given was that video games constituted media and media is supposed to be covered by the First Amendment.