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    "ocrText": "with an order of the federal district court is an appeal. Once such an order\nbecomes final the Federal Government must have authority to protect persons\nacting pursuant to the order from outside interference. This protective power\nhas long been recognized and must exist if federal law is to be made effective,\nif private individuals are not to be permitted to make a mockery of federal\ncourts.\nIn concluding my presentation of the reasons why we urge the Congress to\nprovide the Government with civil remedies in civil rights cases, I should like\nto make three general observations. First, we are not asking for new and un-\ntried powers. The use of civil remedies as a means of enforcing federal rights\nis not uncommon and exists in a number of areas. For over 60 years, as a\nmatter of fact, the Department of Justice itself has had experience in the\ncoordinated use of civil and criminal remedies in the anti-trust field. Ever\nsince its adoption the Sherman Act has provided that the district courts should\nhave jurisdiction to prevent and restrain violations of the criminal sections\nof the act and has made it the duty of the Department of Justice to \"institute\nproceedings in equity to prevent and restrain such violations.\" Much of the\nsuccess of the Department in antitrust work is directly attributable to the\nTerm\nThe\navailability of civil remedies since here, as in the civil rights cases,\n.g\ncriminal prosecution of violators sometimes is unduly harsh and too restrictive.\nSecond, these proposals would not extend or increase the area of civil\nrights jurisdiction in which the Federal Government is entitled to act. These\nrights are now protected by amendments to the Constitution, and when they are\nviolated the Government may act already under the criminal law.\nEnactment\nof\nour proposals would add civil remedies which would not enlarge or in any way\nclash, as we see it, with the constitutional limitations on Federal Government\naction in this field. Rather it would permit us to take civil remedial action\n- 12 -"
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