U.S. Rep. Joe Baca undeterred by videogames’ First Amendment protection
Videogaming has a cycle of ebbs and flows—there’s a season for a slew of high-profile games for the holidays, a season for late-summer doldrums sprinkled with arcade and indie offerings, and a season for U.S. Representative Joe Baca, Democrat of California’s 43rd District, to introduce unconstitutional legislation mandating that violent videogames carry warning labels. Okay, not quite—since Congress goes by two-year terms, Working Joe has only introduced one bill every other year or so until this term, plus he gave it a rest for the 109th Congress (2005-2006). But for the other five Congressional terms of the last decade or…