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The first approach was simply to get an injunction
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Mighty Ira

The first approach was simplyto get an injunction on the theory thathis speech was akin to...

The first approach was simply
to get an injunction on the theory that
his speech was akin to obscenity and it was so offensive
that it wasn't protected
by the First Amendment

Full Transcript

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The first approach was simply to get an injunction
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on the theory that his speech was akin to obscenity
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and it was so offensive that it wasn't protected by the First Amendment.
Duration
17 seconds
Views
24
Timestamp in Movie
00:40:42
Uploaded
May 26, 2025
Genres
documentary
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Movie Summary

Ira is one of America's unsung champions of civil rights and liberties. As his generation retires from the barricades, Ira reminisces on his life at the forefront of defending the rights of all Americans.
If you were an ACLU lawyer this was what you were there for. - Mighty Ira 00:06
If you were an ACLU lawyer this was what you were there for.
Thirty years ago, we Jews stood and, in a sense, - Mighty Ira 00:11
Thirty years ago, we Jews stood and, in a sense,
We spit in the graves of six million Jews if we allow the Nazis to march. - Mighty Ira 00:08
We spit in the graves of six million Jews if we allow the Na...
Uh, a week ago, one of my constituents came up to me and said, - Mighty Ira 00:13
Uh, a week ago, one of my constituents came up to me and sai...
They defend communists and socialists, fascists, atheists, racists, - Mighty Ira 00:21
They defend communists and socialists, fascists, atheists, r...
We represent the Klan, but I'm the lawyer for the First Amendment - Mighty Ira 00:10
We represent the Klan, but I'm the lawyer for the First...
They're supposed to defend the free speech of Black Panthers. - Mighty Ira 00:04
They're supposed to defend the free speech of Black Pan...
[dramatic music playing] - Mighty Ira 00:11
[dramatic music playing]
-Oh, all the time. -[man 15] Or even found... even found repulsive? - Mighty Ira 00:04
-Oh, all the time. -[man 15] Or even found... even found rep...
Oh, yeah. Uh, one of my... - Mighty Ira 00:04
Oh, yeah. Uh, one of my...
One of my, uh, most vivid memories, I guess you'd say, is - Mighty Ira 00:08
One of my, uh, most vivid memories, I guess you'd say, ...
They wanted to use the statehouse steps for a demonstration. - Mighty Ira 00:05
They wanted to use the statehouse steps for a demonstration.
Well, the statehouse steps are used by pro-life and pro-choice, - Mighty Ira 00:08
Well, the statehouse steps are used by pro-life and pro-choi...
[Ira] Defending crazies who walk around with swastikas on their arms, - Mighty Ira 00:13
[Ira] Defending crazies who walk around with swastikas on th...
You took them because... because if you didn't take them, - Mighty Ira 00:08
You took them because... because if you didn't take the...
It means you can't make any exceptions to say, - Mighty Ira 00:08
It means you can't make any exceptions to say,
This hazmat as Oliver Wendell Holmes says, "Freedom for the ideas we loathe." - Mighty Ira 00:07
This hazmat as Oliver Wendell Holmes says, "Freedom for...
[man 16] And the case came up in Skokie, Illinois, where that principle had to be applied. - Mighty Ira 00:04
[man 16] And the case came up in Skokie, Illinois, where tha...
They should have a right to parade however offensive it was. - Mighty Ira 00:04
They should have a right to parade however offensive it was.
[Ira] The first violation of rights - Mighty Ira 00:09
[Ira] The first violation of rights