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We represent the Klan, but I'm the lawyer for the First Amendment
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Mighty Ira

We represent the Klan,but I'm the lawyerfor the First Amendment and the First Amendmentis...

We represent the Klan,
but I'm the lawyer
for the First Amendment and the First Amendment
is for everybody." The ACLU is supposed to defend
the free speech of Nazis

Full Transcript

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We represent the Klan, but I'm the lawyer for the First Amendment
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and the First Amendment is for everybody."
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The ACLU is supposed to defend the free speech of Nazis.
Duration
10 seconds
Views
30
Timestamp in Movie
00:42:22
Uploaded
May 26, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
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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.
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
If you give the government the power to stop the right wing from marching in the street, - Mighty Ira 00:13
If you give the government the power to stop the right wing ...
No matter who you are, no matter what you believe, - Mighty Ira 00:12
No matter who you are, no matter what you believe,
And those certainly include equality of opportunity before the law, - Mighty Ira 00:12
And those certainly include equality of opportunity before t...
All we say to America is, "Be true to what you said on paper." - Mighty Ira 00:09
All we say to America is, "Be true to what you said on ...
If I lived in China or even Russia or any totalitarian country, - Mighty Ira 00:15
If I lived in China or even Russia or any totalitarian count...
Maybe I could understand the denial of certain basic First Amendment privileges - Mighty Ira 00:10
Maybe I could understand the denial of certain basic First A...