An “intense lobbying effort” is underway in the US as the deadline for filing briefs either for or against the state of California’s law banning the rental or sale of violent videogames to minors looms.
According to a report on Law.com only 11 states have signed up in support of California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger’s stance, when up to 40 would normally be expected in a child protection case with the Supreme Court set to rule on whether or not the law breaks the country’s First Amendment.
That part of the Constitution states that: “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.”
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