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Illinois to Pay for Unconstitutional Gaming Law

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the pay-what-you-get-for dept.

adam_sd writes "Those of us in the Video Game Voters Network were emailed a press release today stating that the state of Illinois will have to pay a half-million dollars in attorney's fees to the Entertainment Software Association, Video Software Dealers Association and Illinois Retail Merchants Association. ESA president Douglas Lowenstein is quoted in the press release saying "Judge Kennelly's rulings send two irrefutable messages — not only are efforts to ban the sale of violent video games clearly unconstitutional, they are a waste of taxpayer dollars." The law was declared unconstitutional in December of last year."

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  1. Re:Logic? by biggyfred · · Score: 5, Funny
    Those damn activist judges at work again. Always thinking they have the power to overturn obviously unconstitutional laws.

    Wait. What?

  2. Re:Violence is OK then by JustNiz · · Score: 3, Funny

    >> the law is not responsible for the actions of the devil.

    It is if (s)he's a US resident.

  3. Re:Online Gambling (gaming) ban; good or bad? by JustNiz · · Score: 4, Funny

    >> Australia has a VERY vibrant gambling scene.

    They gamble on vibrator races.

  4. Re:Violence is OK then by kfg · · Score: 3, Funny

    >> the law is not responsible for the actions of the devil.

    >It is if (s)he's a US resident.

    You gotta serve somebody. It might be The Devil, or it might be the Lord, but you gotta serve somebody. . .

    Or they are hearsay and inadmissable.

    KFG

  5. Re:Violence is OK then by mgabrys_sf · · Score: 5, Funny

    re: "But the devil will grab you be the b...s if you show a nipple somewhere"

    This is the internet - you can say "balls" here.

  6. Re:Violence is OK then by quakeroatz · · Score: 4, Funny

    A Bob Dylan reference on Slashdot? I feel like Data finding his long lost android Hippe brother... If I could feel.

    Oh nevermind.

  7. Re:Violence is OK then by Whatistehmatrix · · Score: 3, Funny
    . . .violence is OK in the US then. But the devil will grab you be the b...s if you show a nipple somewhere. . .


    if you have an issue with censoring the word "balls" then i dont recommend reading the slashdot article about the robot on a "single spherical wheel" http://hardware.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=06/08/ 11/234258

    Someone please think of the children and their virgin ears!!
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    visitor from www.slashdot.jp