Skokie Vs. Illinois: Court Case Study

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Skokie Skokie v.s. Illinois was a court case in the 1970’s. Frank Collin and his men wanted to march in the town of Skokie. The town consist of Holocaust survivors and people of the jewish decent. In the lower courts they favored the town due to the fact they said that they would attack the nazis. When it came to the supreme court they had a different ruling. I do not agree with the ruling favoring the National Socialist party. Even though they were protected by the first amendment, there had been threats made of violence. Not only would it cause chaos though out the town but would also cause extreme emotional distress. Most of the town of Skokie consisted of Jews and Holocaust survivors. With such a catastrophic history something like