{"id":"SEC-16-113","kind":"order","level":"federal","jurisdiction":"United States","state":"","metro":"","industry":"16","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Attorney General William P. Barr, U.S. Department of Justice","authority":"28 U.S.C. 509, 510","instrument":"Memorandum for the Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights and All United States Attorneys: Balancing Public Safety with the Preservation of Civil Rights","title":"Attorney General memorandum (Apr. 27, 2020)","dateIssued":"2020-04-27","effective":"2020-04-27","end":"","startDate":"2020-04-27","endDate":"2020-06-30","quarters":["2020Q2"],"types":["OTHER"],"addressees":["Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights","all United States Attorneys"],"clause":"Now, I am directing each of our United States Attorneys to also be on the lookout for state and local directives that could be violating the constitutional rights and civil liberties of individual citizens.... even in times of emergency, when reasonable and temporary restrictions are placed on rights, the First Amendment and federal statutory law prohibit discrimination against religious institutions and religious believers.... I am therefore directing the Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights, Eric Dreiband, and Matthew Schneider, the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan, to oversee and coordinate our efforts to monitor state and local policies and, if necessary, take action to correct them.","enforcement":"Internal DOJ directive","functions":["Context: the federal government\u0027s own recognition (Apr. 27, 2020) that State and local orders imposed \u0027reasonable and temporary restrictions\u0027 on religious institutions"],"notes":"Context only; not an order limiting commerce.","sourceUrl":"https://www.justice.gov/opa/page/file/1271456/download","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":145878,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"SEC-16","url":"/library/SEC-16-113","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/SEC-16-113","citation":"Attorney General William P. Barr, U.S. Department of Justice, Memorandum for the Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights and All United States Attorneys: Balancing Public Safety with the Preservation of Civil Rights (Apr. 27, 2020) (Ex. SEC-16-113)","stateName":"","related":[]}