ABSTRACT
June 27, 2011 was a banner day for fans of Grand Theft Auto, Mortal Kombat, Postal 2 and any number of other violent video games played by millions of hardcore gamers. Concerned with the level of graphic violence in video games, California enacted a law prohibiting the sale or rental of violent video games to minors. The freedoms afforded to speech, and yes, even violent video games, in America truly are breathtaking. In World War I and again in the 1940s, Congress enacted new sedition laws aimed at a wide variety of opposition speakers, as war protesters, socialists, anarchists and other political dissidents became the target of government repression. Journalists often find themselves at the scene of events that are important and newsworthy. Journalists also face limits created by the law of privacy. America claims the most protection for speech and expression in the world.
