In CASE 4.2Brown v.Entertainment Merchants Association (2011),involving the issue of whether a California statute could prohibit the sale or rental of graphically violent video games to minors,what was the holding of of U.S.Supreme Court?

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The U.S. Supreme Court held that the California statute was invalid because it could not satisfy the strict scrutiny test applied, which requires that a restriction on First Amendment rights must be narrowly tailored to serve a compelling government interest. The Court found that the state's asserted interest in protecting minors from violent video games was not compelling and that the statute did not provide the least restrictive means of achieving the state's interest. Therefore, the Court concluded that the restriction violated the First Amendment rights of video game producers and retailers.

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