The issue focused on political differences over federal laws that criminalize civil rights violations. Law enforcement officials said they would have supported laws that criminalized civil rights violations in federal court.

The Justice Department asked federal courts to reject federal laws that criminalize civil rights violations. The Justice Department also asked federal courts to reject civil rights laws that criminalize civil rights violations.

The Justice Department did not offer legal arguments in court papers and asked federal courts to reject civil rights laws that criminalize civil rights violations.
