{"id":2587,"date":"2011-06-27T11:32:55","date_gmt":"2011-06-27T15:32:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/journals.law.harvard.edu\/crcl\/?p=2587"},"modified":"2016-11-16T20:41:58","modified_gmt":"2016-11-17T01:41:58","slug":"breaking-news-todays-scotus-decisions-on-free-speech","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/journals.law.harvard.edu\/crcl\/breaking-news-todays-scotus-decisions-on-free-speech\/","title":{"rendered":"[Breaking News] Today's SCOTUS Decisions on Free Speech"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Supreme Court today struck down two state laws concerning free speech.\u00a0 In Arizona Free Enterprise Club PAC v. Bennett, Chief Justice Roberts, representing the usual 5-4 split, delivered an opinion striking down Arizona’s Clean Elections Act granting matching funds to publicly financed candidates triggered by spending by privately financed candidates and outside groups.\u00a0 In EMA v. Brown, Scalia delivers the opinion of a seven Justice majority striking down California’s ban on the sale of violent video games to children.\u00a0 More analysis to come.<\/p>\n

Tom Toles<\/a> of the Washington Post sums up the two decisions:<\/p>\n

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The Supreme Court today struck down two state laws concerning free speech. In Arizona Free Enterprise Club PAC v. Bennett, Chief Justice Roberts, representing the usual 5-4 split, delivered an opinion striking down Arizona’s Clean Elections Act granting matching funds to publicly financed candidates triggered by spending by privately financed candidates and outside groups. In EMA v. Brown, Scalia delivers the opinion of a seven Justice majority striking down California’s ban on the sale of violent video games to children. 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