Supreme Court Says Ban on Neo-Nazi Party Demonstrations Is
Unconstitutional
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NBC Nightly News
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Floyd Kalber/Eric Burns Copyright:
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06/16/1977
06/16/1977
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Video News Report
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1977
00:01:42
Description
In the case National Socialist Party of America v. Village of Skokie, the Supreme Court rules that local
governments cannot use the content of proposed speech to stop groups like the NAZI party from using
public streets to hold demonstrations without providing the group immediate appelate review of their
decision.
Keywords
Freedom of Speech, Free Speech, Freedom of Assembly, Free Assembly, Nazi Party, Supreme Court,
SCOTUS, Ruling, Decision, Case, Hate, Crime, Speech, Constitution, Bill of Rights, First Amendment,
1st Amendment, Nazi, Party, March, Demonstration, Rally, Skokie, Illinois, Mayor, Albert Smith, Frank
Collin, National Socialist Party of America v. Village of Skokie, 432 US 33 (1977)
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"Supreme Court Says Ban on Neo-Nazi Party Demonstrations Is Unconstitutional." Eric Burns,
correspondent. NBC Nightly News. NBCUniversal Media. 16 June 1977. NBC Learn. Web. 3 May 2015
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Burns, E. (Reporter), & Kalber, F. (Anchor). 1977, June 16. Supreme Court Says Ban on Neo-Nazi Party
Demonstrations Is Unconstitutional. [Television series episode]. NBC Nightly News. Retrieved from
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Transcript
Supreme Court Says Ban on Neo-Nazi Party Demonstrations Is Unconstitutional
FLOYD KALBER, anchor:
The National Socialist Party of America, that’s the Nazi party, won a court victory in the United States
Supreme Court yesterday, Eric Burns has the story in Chicago.
Crowd screaming: Hitler down, Hitler out and go to hell…
ERIC BURNS, reporting:
Nazis from Chicago have been wanting to march through Skokie, Illinois for several years. But more than
half of the people who live in Skokie are Jewish, and they have resisted. A circuit court judge, here in
Cook County, also resisted. He ordered the Nazis not to march. But yesterday, by a vote of 5 to 4, the
United States Supreme Court said that the Nazis could march. In response, the mayor of Skokie said that
his village continued to look for ways to keep the Nazis off their streets.
Mayor ALBERT SMITH: And we are going to continue to do whatever we can do in Skokie if necessary
take the lead in the fight to see that Nazism never raises its head again.
BURNS: This is Nazi headquarters on the south side of Chicago. The leader said that he was surprised by
the Supreme Court’s decision, and he said, there is a moral principle.
FRANK COLLIN, Nazi leader: The moral principle is that the Constitution has been upheld, and that
freedom is not just a nebulous concept on paper. But freedom in fact exists for those who are willing to
fight for it.
BURNS: The plan is for Chicago’s Nazi storm troopers to march in Skokie on the Fourth of July. Eric
Burns, NBC News, Skokie, Illinois.
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