Laws restricting the sale of violent video games to children without parental supervision violate the First Amendment. Decided June 27, 2011 (argued November 2, 2010). Opinion of the Court: Antonin Scalia → go there Dissenting: Thomas, Breyer. Applied: the First Amendment → go there Topic: Freedom of speech and of the press. Brown v. Entertainment Merchants Association, 564 U.S. 786 (2011), is a landmark decision of the US Supreme Court that struck down a 2005 California law banning the sale of certain violent video games to children without parental supervision. In a 7–2 decision, the Court affirmed the lower court decisions and nullified the law, ruling that video games were protected speech under the First Amendment as other forms of media. Wiki link