A US District Court Judge has issued a temporary restraining order against the five-day-old Louisiana law, after the ESA and IEMA (Interactive Entertainment Merchants Association) sued the state, claiming the law’s unconstitutionality.  The law, written by Democratic Representative Roy Burrell with help from the infamous Jack Thompson, classifies violent video games as obscenity, using the same guidelines that govern sexual obscenity – most notably that such games lack “serious literary, artistic, political, or scientific value.”  In an interview, Thompson stated that he believes in the law’s constitutionality, but added that it is “impossible ‘to predict what a court is going to do.’”  Jeez; you’d think an attorney would have more insight into the legal process than that…

The official hearing will take place on June 30.