A New York court ruled today that New York City had no right to ban George Lincoln Rockwell from speaking in Union Square last July and that the head of the American Nazi party is lawfully entitled to address the public in New York.
Reversing a lower court decision which upheld a ban imposed by Park Commissioner Newbold Morris, the Appellate Division today said “the unpopularity of views, their shocking quality, their obnoxiousness, and even their alarming impact is not enough” to justify a ban.
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