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The question in the movie was whether or not the American Nazi Party should be allowed to march in Skokie. The argument against the march is that the symbolism of the swastika will bring back memories to the holocaust survivors and surely incite violence. This of course brings up the topic of first amendment rights and unconstitutionality. I believe that the Nazis should be able to march. The last speaker from the ACLU best summed …

…t think that should ever be changed. If heckler’s vetoes like this were allowed, the marches of the great Martin Luther King would’ve been somehow stopped and blacks wouldn’t have the rights they deserve. The case in Skokie was not a fight for the rights of the Nazis, but a fight for the constitution. It reminds American citizens that the rights of free speech, expression, and peaceful assembly are not without cost.