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I posted a link a PDF of the opinion, but I wanted to highlight this quote from Scalia, writing for the majority:

"Reading Dante is unquestionably more cultured and intellectually edifying than playing Mortal Kombat. But these cultural and intellectual differences are not constitutional ones."

Opinion (direct link): http://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/10pdf/08-1448.pdf [PDF]

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another good one:

7One study, for example, found that children who had just finishedplaying violent video games were more likely to fill in the blank letter in “explo_e” with a “d” (so that it reads “explode”) than with an “r” (“explore”). App. 496, 506 (internal quotation marks omitted). The prevention of this phenomenon, which might have been anticipated with common sense, is not a compelling state interest.

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