From: DOJ Digests < To: Rendon DOJ Alert Desk < Bcc: ' Subject: Afternoon Digest Date: Tue, 14 Apr 2020 19:54:35 +0000 Department of Justice Afternoon News Digest April 14, 2020 04:00 PM EDT TABLE OF CONTENTS I. Afternoon Headlines 2. US Department of Justice News 3. COVID-19 4. Federal Law Enforcement Agencies 5. Immigration & Border Security 6. US Supreme Court 7. Criminal Law 8. Civil Law 9. Abortion Lawsuits 10. Civil Rights 11. Antitrust 12. Environment 13. Criminal Justice/Corrections 14. Marijuana Legalization 15. Administration AFTERNOON HEADLINES • "Governors Push Back at Trump Over Authority to Reopen" [NYT, WaPo LAT, WSJ] • "Trump, Cuomo Clash on Reopening States" [WSJ, NYT, LAT] • "The $1,200 stimulus checks are arriving. People are mostly spending them on food" [WaPo] • "How citizen scientists can help fight COVID-19" [LAT] US DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE NEWS Fox: "DOJ intervenes in Mississippi drive-in church case, says city's actions 'target religious conduct'," Brooke Singman and Jake Gibson, April 14, 2020, 1:36 PM The Justice Department intervened in a Mississippi church's lawsuit by saying in a court filing that it "strongly suggests that the city's actions target religious conduct" after the church sued police for ticketing congregants during a drive-in service amid coronavirus, Fox News has learned. The Justice Department is siding with Temple Baptist Church in Greenville, Miss., after Greenville police officers began issuing $500 tickets to congregants who refused to leave a parking lot where the church was holding a drive-in service. [Continue Reading] See Also: BuzzFeed CNN The Hill Reuters WaPo The Washington Times EFTA00040853