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IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - x ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER, GOVERNOR : OF CALIFORNIA, ET AL., : Petitioners : v. : No. 08-1448 ENTERTAINMENT MERCHANTS : ASSOCIATION, ET AL. : - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - x Washington, D.C. Tuesday, November 2, 2010 The above-entitled matter came on for oral argument before the Supreme Court of the United States at 10:04 a.m. APPEARANCES: ZACKERY P. MORAZZINI, ESQ., Supervising Deputy Attorney General, Sacramento, California; on behalf of Petitioners. PAUL M. SMITH, ESQ., Washington, D.C.; on behalf of Respondents. 1

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C O N T E N T S ORAL ARGUMENT OF PAGE ZACKERY P. MORAZZINI, ESQ. On behalf of the Petitioners 3 ORAL ARGUMENT OF PAUL M. SMITH, ESQ. On behalf of the Respondents 25 REBUTTAL ARGUMENT OF ZACKERY P. MORAZZINI, ESQ. On behalf of the Petitioners 55 2

 

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P R O C E E D I N G S (10:04 a.m.) CHIEF JUSTICE ROBERTS: We will hear argument first this morning in Case 08-1448, Schwarzenegger v. Entertainment Merchants Association. Mr. Morazzini. ORAL ARGUMENT OF ZACKERY P. MORAZZINI ON BEHALF OF THE PETITIONERS MR. MORAZZINI: Mr. Chief Justice, and may it please the Court: The California law at issue today before this Court differs from the New York law at issue in Ginsberg in only one respect. Where New York was concerned with minors' access to harmful sexual material outside the guidance of a parent, California is no less concerned with a minor's access to the deviant level of violence that is presented in a certain category of video games that can be no less harmful to the development of minors. When this Court in Ginsberg crafted a rule of law that permits States to regulate a minor's access to such material outside the presence of a parent, it did so for two fundamental reasons that are equally applicable this morning in this case. First, this rule permits parents' claim to 3

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