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Report: Barr Threatens Legal Action Against States That Continue Lockdowns

Posted By Wayne Dupree On April 27, 2020 @ 8:41 pm In Politics | No Comments

As many Red states begin to open back up, curiously, the blue states are not – they’re actually doubling-down on the lockdowns.

Today Texas announced that their lockdown life will expire on April 30th and the state will begin safely reopening on May 1st.

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Meanwhile Michigan is under lockdown until (at least) May 15th, with only very limited openings happening in a very limited and controlled manner and Illinois announced a lockdown until the end of May.

Now, the DOJ is starting to step in and is threatening legal action against the states that continue lockdowns that violate Americans Constitutional rights even after the imminent health threat has subsided.

The Justice Department will consider taking legal action against governors who continue to impose stringent rules for dealing with the coronavirus that infringe on constitutional rights even after the crisis subsides in their states, Attorney General William Barr said.

Blunt means to deal with the pandemic, such as stay-at-home orders and directives shutting down businesses, are justified up to a point, Barr said in an interview Tuesday on “The Hugh Hewitt Show.” Eventually, though, states should move to more targeted measures, Barr said. He cited the approach laid out by President Donald Trump.

“We have to give businesses more freedom to operate in a way that’s reasonably safe,” Barr said. “To the extent that governors don’t and impinge on either civil rights or on the national commerce — our common market that we have here — then we’ll have to address that.”

Barr’s comments come as the Trump administration and states are struggling — and at times fighting with each other — over the best strategy to deal with the crisis. Trump has stoked tensions with some Democratic governors who are dealing with protests against stringent social distancing rules, even as his administration backs guidelines that call for states to open up gradually.

One way the Justice Department might act against state or local officials is by joining lawsuits brought by citizens or businesses over restrictions, Barr said. [Syracuse.com ^[2]]

Nobody wants to catch this virus, but nobody wants to lose everything they’ve worked for either.

There has to be a middle ground somewhere that can be reached.

Otherwise, people will just rise up and start. doing what they want to save their families and you can’t blame them.

This piece was written by Missy Crane on April 27, 2020. It originally appeared in WayneDupree.com ^[3] and is used by permission.