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Skokie appeal is rejected
By Ellen Warren
ry, rallied twice in Chicago, on June 24 and July 9.
Sun-Times Bureau
DESPITE THE NAZIS’ latest victory at the highest court,
Collin cautioned that he may be back in court and, in the
course of that fight, Collin did not rule out the prospect of
another attempt to march on Skokie.
“I am not going to abuse that (Monday’s Supreme Court
action). That does not mean we’re going to start disruptive
rallies,” Collin said.
But, he added that the Chicago Park District has acted to
prevent further Nazi marches in Chicago parks by requiring
new information on parade permit applications.
“We will challenge the park district in court. If by spring,
let’s say, we’ve gone to court and the park district has still
not relented . . . I see we have no other choice but to go to
Skokie. . . .We’ll make our point in a very hostile area
again. We’re interested in free speech. We’re going to Skokie
again if they (the Chicago Park District) don’t give us our
rights.”
WASHINGTON--The United States Supreme Court Monday ended the long and emotional legal battle between Skokie, Ill., and the Nazis who had wanted to assemble there in
storm-trooper uniforms emblazoned with swastikas.
The high court refused to tamper with lower court rulings
that had wiped out ordinances enacted by the village last
year to prevent the Nazi gathering. Those courts said the ordinances were an unconstitutional denial of the Nazis’ free
speech rights.
Voting 7 to 2, the justices Monday decided not to examine
Skokie’s argument that the Nazis’ free speech rights must
not take precedence over the rights of Skokie’s some 40,500
Jewish residents, many of them survivors of the World War
II holocaust.
ONLY JUSTICES HARRY A. Blackmun and Byron R.
White voted to review the case with Blackmun writing,
“The issues cut down to the very heart of the First
Amendment.
"On the one hand, we have precious First Amendment
rights vigorously asserted. . . . On the other hand, we are
presented with evidence of a potentially explosive and dangerous situation, enflamed by unforgettable recollections of
traumatic experiences in the second world conflict.
“The present case affords the Court an opportunity to consider whether . . . there is no limit whatsoever to the exercise of free speech.”
Skokie officials and attorneys were not available for comment, but Nazi leader Frank Collin and the American Civil
Liberties Union, which represented the Nazis, hailed Monday’s Supreme Court action. It was the fourth time that the
high court has acted in Chicago area Nazi-right-to-march
cases.
“I’M RELIEVED,” SAID David Goldberger, legal director
Of the Illinois ACLU, who had seen membership of his group
erode by about 20 per cent since the ACLU decided to represent Collin. “It’s over. There is nothing left. It’s been a long,
painful road, and I’m happy that we finally heard the end of
it."
Collin said, “I’m not at all surprised although I am pleased.
For the Supreme Court to have acted otherwise, they would
have had to fly in the face of all those previous decisions.”
Collin was referring to the Feb. 23, 1978, decision by U. S.
District Court Judge Bernard M. Decker declaring three Skokie ordinances, enacted May 2, 1977, unconstitutional.
A three-judge federal appeals court panel in Chicago later
agreed with Decker, and Skokie issued a demonstration permit for last June 25.
After winning the right to march in Skokie, however, the
Nazis switched plans and, after another federal court victo-
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<p>During the late 1970s, a small group of neo-Nazis based in Chicago attempted to hold a rally in the Village of Skokie, Illinois, a community that was known to have a large Jewish population. Local officials resisted the group’s efforts through by passing a series of ordinances aimed at preventing demonstrations or parades by hate groups. The ordinances were ultimately overturned following a series of state and federal lawsuits because they infringed on the group’s First Amendment rights and the neo-Nazis were issued a permit to demonstrate in Skokie. However, instead of facing the growing number of organized counter-demonstrators, the group held rallies in Federal Plaza and in Marquette Park in Chicago. <br /><br />Visit <a title="Attempted Nazi March in Skokie" href="https://skokiehistory.omeka.net/exhibits/show/attempted-nazi-march/timeline">Skokie Public Library's online exhibit</a> to see the events as they unfolded. The library's digital collection, seen here, includes newspaper articles, editorials, recordings from the Skokie Village Board of Trustees meetings, a memoir written by a local clergywoman, and two documentary films.</p>
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Skokie appeal is rejected
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Warren, Ellen
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The U.S. Supreme Court votes 7 to 2 that the Skokie ordinances meant to prevent the National Socialist Party of America (Nazis) from marching in the Village were unconstitutional.
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10/17/1978
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Demonstrations -- Illinois -- Skokie
National Socialist Party of America
Blackmun, Harry A.
Collin, Frank
Goldberger, David
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Chicago Sun-Times, Tuesday, October 17, 1978, Sun-Times Co., Chicago, IL
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cst781017a.pdf
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eng
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1970s (1970-1979)
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newspaper clippings