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North Carolina Tenth Graders Ape SCOTUS, Rule for Game Industry

By pete_gallagher

On the same day (November 2) the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments for Schwarzenegger vs. EMA in Washington D.C., students at Pinecrest High School in North Carolina took part in their own reenactment of the landmark videogame case.

Tenth graders from a civics class took part in the faux-trial, with eight students taking on the role of Associate Supreme Court Justices while a local attorney named Bruce Cunningham assumed the role of Chief Justice. Four students argued for each side.

One student, arguing for California, stated that 'When you're a child, your brain hasn't developed that part where you don't understand the consequences,' while a counterpart on the EMA side contended that, 'Speech, even though it is not pleasing, is still entitled to freedom.'
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Full post as published by GamePolitics.com on November 17, 2010 (boomark / email).