California passed a law that prohibited the sale or rental o

California passed a law that prohibited the sale or rental of “ violent video games. ” The act definedviolent video games as games “ in which the rangeof options available to a player includes killing,maiming, dismembering, or sexually assaulting animage of a human being, if those acts aredepicted ” in a manner that “ [a] reasonableperson, considering the game as a whole, wouldfind appeals to a deviant or morbid interest of minors. ” The association of video gamemanufacturers and developers brought suit,challenging the California statute as anunconstitutional violation of their First Amendment right and a violation of their dueprocess rights because it is so vague. What shouldthe U.S. Supreme Court hold on theconstitutionality of the statute and why? [ Brownv. Entertainment Mercha Copyright | CENGAGE Learning | Anderson\'s Business Law and the Legal Environment, Comprehensive Volume | Edition 22 | pw07161n@pace.edu | Printed from www.chegg.com

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The first amedment right states that Religion and Expression. Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.In the simple terms it means that the government in no way shall interefare with the freedom of the epression. The US supreme court cannot ban the sale of violent video games as it will be the direct violation of the first amendment act. However, it can put certain guidelines as to what should be the level of violence that can be shown in the video games, which will not violate the first amendment right