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June 28, 2011

Supreme Court Strikes Down Arizona Public Financing Law, Ban on Violent Video Games 
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In one of its final decisions of the term, the U.S. Supreme Court struck
down part of Arizona's public-financing law on Monday. In a 5-to-4
decision, the justices invalidated a key part of the law that provides
additional public money to political candidates for state office who
face big-spending opponents. The Supreme Court also struck down on First
Amendment grounds a California law that barred the sale of violent video
games to youth. Meanwhile, the high court rejected an appeal from former
prisoners at the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq who wanted to sue the
military contractors CACI International and Titan Corp over claims of
abuse and torture.



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