Six states have tried to or are currently trying to place some sort of restriction or ban on video games with violence and sexually explicit material. Michigan is the latest state to have a judge claim that trying to criminalize the sale of violent video games is unconstitutional. US District Judge George Caram Steeh ruled that denying minors access to video games is against the constitution because they are protected by the First Amendment. The Associated Press reports:

"Video games contain creative, expressive free speech, inseparable from their interactive functional elements, and are therefore protected by the First Amendment," he said in his ruling.

This news article was written on April 4, 2006, quoting Washington Post.