In wake of Supreme Court decision on California law, Rep. Michael Morley says he's done pushing for bill to hold retailers accountable for selling violent games to minors.
On Monday, the US Supreme Court struck down a California law that would have made it illegal to sell violent games to minors. The impact of that decision is already being felt, as a Utah politician has since gone on record to distance himself from his own proposed game law.
Utah Rep. Michael Morley told the Deseret News this week that he won't be bringing back his own bill--which would have made it easier for parents to sue retailers that sell violent games to minors against stated policy--anytime soon. In 2009, the bill cruised through the Utah legislature with near-unanimous approval, but it was ultimately vetoed by Governor Jon Huntsman, Jr., who left the post later that year.
Rep. Morley believes his law would have withstood judicial scrutiny and been determined constitutional, but he said he won't be bringing it back anytime soon. "It's not on my radar to fight that fight," he told the paper.
The Utah representative's bill would have amended the state's Truth in Advertising Act to call out retailers who say they won't sell violent games to minors but who go back on their word. According to the text of the bill, a store would be guilty of deceptive practices if it "(i) advertises that the person will not sell a good or service labeled with an age restriction or recommendation to a person under the age restriction or recommendation; and (ii) sells that good or service to a person under the age restriction or recommendation." The bill was drafted with the assistance of disbarred Florida attorney Jack Thompson.
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