万花筒 2011-07-08&07-09 美最高法裁定：加州禁售暴力游戏违宪

 This has been a very tough issue for the Supreme¹ Court. It was a very divided court at all of arguments. But by a 7 to 2 vote today, the Supreme Court said that California's attempt to limit the sale of violent video games is unconstitutional. They said it is a violation² of the First Amendment³. I think it really underlines that this Supreme Court, Liberals and Conservatives alike, had a very broad notion of freedom of speech protection and they are very hesitant to approve any sort of restriction⁴ even one like this which on the surface has a lot of appeal. 

 

Well in two already, we done a number of the stories here on CNN about research that exists about the influence of this violent video games on our kids. Did that, how did that weigh at all, ah, how was that brought in to the decision? 

 

Well, it did, it did weigh in and the court said that when you were dealing with, hum, restrictions on speech, when the court looks a case like that, they need proof, ah, that, ah, this is justified that there is a good reason for and they look it at the justification through this law and they found it was not enough, they found that the research was more speculative than ironclad proof and they said given the fact that the constitution is designed to protect freedom of expression, this sort of restriction was not justified, there wasn't enough proof that this was a good use of the very narrow power to restrict speech

1 supreme   

adj.极度的，最重要的；至高的，最高的

参考例句：

• It was the supreme moment in his life.那是他一生中最重要的时刻。
• He handed up the indictment to the supreme court.他把起诉书送交最高法院。

2 violation   

n.违反(行为)，违背(行为)，侵犯

参考例句：

• He roared that was a violation of the rules.他大声说，那是违反规则的。
• He was fined 200 dollars for violation of traffic regulation.他因违反交通规则被罚款200美元。

3 amendment   

n.改正，修正，改善，修正案

参考例句：

• The amendment was rejected by 207 voters to 143.这项修正案以207票对143票被否决。
• The Opposition has tabled an amendment to the bill.反对党已经就该议案提交了一项修正条款。

4 restriction   

n.限制，约束

参考例句：

• The park is open to the public without restriction.这个公园对公众开放，没有任何限制。
• The 30 mph speed restriction applies in all built-up areas.每小时限速30英里适用于所有建筑物聚集区。