The Court granted two cert petitions this morning. In Schwarzenegger et al. v. Entertainment Merchants Association et al., No. 08-1448, the Court was asked to decide whether the First Amendment allows video games with offensive conduct to be sold to minors and whether the State of California’s regulation prohibiting the sale of violent video games must be reviewed under the “strict scrutiny” standard. In Ortiz v. Jordan, No. 09-737, the Court will determine whether a party may appeal a summary judgment ruling, when the party fails to challenge the ruling on appeal until after a full trial on the merits.
The Court also issued a GVR order (granting the writ, vacating the judgment and remanding the case to the lower court), in Real Truth About Obama, Inc. v. FEC, No. 09-724. The GVR order was issued in light of the Court’s groundbreaking decision earlier this year in Citizens United v. FEC, 558 U.S. __ (2010).
The complete order list can be viewed here.