The Skokie Dilemma
THE SKOKIE DILEMMA More:... What would you do? Cut a great road through the law to get after the devil? Roper: I'd cut down every law in England to do that. More: Oh? And when the last law was...
...That has been true from the beginning 200 years ago, and it is true today in the case of Skokie...
...For my own safety's sake...
...There must often be a difficult and delicate balancing of rights and hence, difficult choices...
...Courts have ruled many times that the First Amendment does not grant the right to say whatever one pleases, wherever one pleases, whenever one pleases...
...Yes, I'd give the devil benefit of law...
...D'you really think you could stand upright in the winds that would blow then...
...And when the last law was down and the devil turned round on you—where would you hide, Roper, the laws all being flat...
Vol. 3 • June 1978 • No. 7
