can t show you pictures of what we re reporting on, but today the supreme court ruled that violent images many too grotesque to put on television may be sold to children. back in 2005, california made it a crime for retail stores to sell violent video games to anyone under 18. today, the nation s highest court in a 7-2 decision ruled that law is unconstitutional. the games are protected by the first amendment. nancy cordes is at the supreme court. reporter: violent or not, video games are free speech. that was the majority s conclusion today. this country has no tradition of specially restricting children s access to depictions of violence wrote justice antonin scalia. he and four other justices called research linking video games like this to increased violence in children not compelling and indistinguishable from effects produced by other media like books or saturday morning cartoons. this decision was not in the best interest of parents, no questions. reporter: jam
this is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. pelley: good evening. it s not very often that we can t show you pictures of what we re reporting on, but today the supreme court ruled that violent images many too grotesque to put on television may be sold to children. back in 2005, california made it a crime for retail stores to sell violent video games to anyone under 18. today, the nation s highest court in a 7-2 decision ruled that law is unconstitutional. the games are protected by the first amendment. nancy cordes is at the supreme court. reporter: violent or not, video games are free speech. that was the majority s conclusion today. this country has no tradition of specially restricting children s access to depictions of violence wrote justice antonin scalia. he and four other justices called research linking video games like this to increased violence in children not compelling and indistinguishable from effects produced by other media like books or saturday mo
when you are describing speaks to a grumpy, gloomy mood. do you think that is right or are we going to see the optimistic upside of america on display, as well? i think what we saw last week was a recognition on the part of the administration that maybe they ought to get back and talk about jobs, talk about the kind of issues people face around the kitchen table which is essentially getting for the month, worrying about to question, whether they can retire or not. if jobs are the key to that, maybe we should take some encouragement. thankfully i am not running for anything. i would like to look at and maybe we have a lot to look at and could turn this into cable television and that s not good for anyone. there are some amalgous w circumstances as in 1993 and 94. you have those similar to what the president took away from president bush. the president did not want to save big banks and insurance company, that s not why he ran, he had to. the question will be timing. the qu
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