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Holocaust survivors in Skokie illustrated a free speech and assembly problem called the

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Answer: Hecklers veto.

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Legally speaking, a heckler's veto refers to a restriction of a speaker's right to avoid a reaction from another party, such as the prohibition of a demonstration based on the expected adverse response of those opposed to it.

In 1977, a group of Holocaust survivors obtained an injunction banning a National Socialist Party of America's march. However, in June 1978 the courts ruled in favor of the nazi organization´s freedom of speech and assembly, protected by the First Amendment.

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