1977 ⟶ Skokie Affair: Nazi Party's Right to March
National Socialist Party of America v. Village of Skokie, 43...
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1970
1977
🇨🇦 Canadian Legislation Regarding Nazi Flags
Canada has no legislation specifically restricting the ownership, display, purchase, import or export of Nazi flags. However, sections 318–320 of the Criminal Code, adopted by Canada's parliament in 1970 and based in large part on the 1965 Cohen Committee recommendations, provide law enforcement agencies with broad scope to intervene if such flags are used to communicate hatred in a public place (particularly sections 319(1), 319(2), and 319(7).⟶
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Canada🚶 Skokie Affair: Nazi Party's Right to March
National Socialist Party of America v. Village of Skokie, 432 U.S. 43 (1977) (also known as Smith v. Collin; sometimes referred to as the Skokie Affair), was a United States Supreme Court case dealing with Freedom of assembly. The outcome was that the Illinois Supreme Court ruled that the use of the Swastika is a symbolic form of free speech entitled to First Amendment protections and determined that the Swastika itself did not constitute "Fighting words." Its ruling allowed the National Socialist Party of America to march.⟶
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