CHRISTIAN POST/ Samuel Smith-
U.S. Attorney General William Barr has threatened to take legal action against state officials who violate people’s civil rights by taking draconian measures to enforce stay-at-home orders.
On Monday, Barr sent a two-page memo to federal prosecutors asking them to consider legal action against state and local governments that infringe upon citizens’ civil liberties as they enforce state lockdown policies in response to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.
“If a state or local ordinance crosses the line from an appropriate exercise of authority to stop the spread of COVID19 into an overbearing infringement of constitutional and statutory protections, the Department of Justice may have an obligation to address that overreach in federal court,” the memo reads.
In the past several weeks, orders restricting the types of businesses that can open and places people can gather have forced millions of people to stay home and numerous businesses, organizations and places of worship to suspend or alter their operations. Continue reading…
