Attorney General William Barr tells prosecutors to be on watch for 'overbearing' coronavirus measure

[Botany]

Do Trump and Barr want to kill us? The only thing we have now is shutdowns, social distancing, and testing/tracing
in fighting "the beast" and yet Trump/Barr/Fox News are working to block theses actions or to shut them down.


Attorney General William Barr told federal prosecutors across the country to be on guard for overbearing state and local coronavirus measures.

In a memo Monday, Barr called stay-at-home orders "necessary" but "tremendous burdens," and warned that the Justice Department could step in to fight policies that go too far.

"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," Barr wrote in the memo the department shared with CNN.

The directive comes as social distancing policies have begun to splinter across the country, with a number of states rolling back strict guidelines while others remain under near-lockdown.

Throughout the pandemic, Barr has expressed unease with stay-at-home orders, lamenting them in interviews as "draconian" and "onerous" and signaling that the Justice Department was willing to fight governors whose policies were seen as discriminatory or impairing interstate commerce.

https://www.cnn.com/2020/04/27/politics/barr-prosecutors-coronavirus-civil-liberties/index.html

[yardwork]

1. Bring it. Take it to the Supreme Court. Dare them to vote against states rights.

[no_hypocrisy]

2. "Overbearing" as in "cruel and unusual punishment?"

"Overbearing" like Japanese internment camps?

Mr. Barr, will you please be a little more specific?

[spanone]

3. 'overbearing' could mean anything they want it to.

and it will.

[lark]

4. They could say it was overbearing because it disrespected drumpf and SCOTUS would vote - OK.

Only if it doesn't involve drumpf or fascist oligarchs do this group ever show any signs of intelligence or legal knowledge - otherwise it's just "Yes, Master" the constitution is whatever you say!

[Proud Liberal Dem]

5. I don't know what he's referring to

but life has remained fairly normal for us, at least in terms of being able to move about as needed, albeit more carefully. We don't attend Church or practice any religion, so maybe it's a bit of a rub to people who do to not be able to attend Church services in person, but most Churches have gone online for right now and the people I know who do attend Church are not particularly worked up over it, nor do they feel like their constitutional rights have been abridged. I mean, I'm sure it sucks for everybody that we can't go out and move about as freely as we used to and that some establishments are currently shuttered due to the pandemic, but the groundwork has not yet been laid for many things to open safely at the moment. Maybe if Barr's boss had done a better job responding to the pandemic initially, we'd be in a much better place by now? Just a thought.

[Golden Raisin]

6. Barr didn't have shit to say about Congressional and Court subpoenas

being ignored, or brazenly flaunted.

[malaise]

7. Yes

They don 't care who dies as long as they can loot the planet

[mindem]

8. It's all about

forcing Americans to go back to work and then take away their right to sue if they become ill. Greedy and evil republicans.