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the harm they know they are doing and sack eng in sufficient understand- ° ing to comprehend the chasm between their own twisted Konstitution and the noble charter of liberties unier law that is oy twert oon . Constitution. . | : Legal tolerance of secret societies must cease at the point where ° their members assume supra-governmental powers and take the law in their own hands. We shall not allow the misguided defendants to interfere with. the rights of Negro citizens derived from or protected by the Consti- ‘tution of the United States and now expressly recognized by Congress in co *) ; , . various civil rights statutes. We enjoin the Original Knights of the | Ku Klux Klan, its dummy front, the Anti-Communist Christian Association, i and the individual defendants from interfering with orders of this Court and from interfering with the civil rights of Negro citizens in Washing- : ton Parish. Specifically, these rights includes ! “ ‘ ( , so (1) the right to the equél use end enjoyment of public | ; facilities, guaranteed by the Fourteenth Amendment; (2) the right to the equal use and enjoyment of public accommodations, guaranteed by the Civil Rights Act, 42 USC 2000a; satemedy neat H i. (3) the right to register to vots and to vote in all | elections guaranteed by the Fifteenth Amendment, . by 42 USC 1971, and by the Voting Rights Act of | 1965; and , (4) the right to equal employment opportunities, gquaran- teed by the Civil Rights Act, 42 USC 2000e. T ae Nome we tee es cee cite ee : : seats + 42 USC 2000a-5 and e-6. Under those sections-and under 28 USC 1345, - this Court has jurisdiction of the action. We resolve any doubt as : - The United States sues under authority of 42 USC 1971; 4 to the reach of these sections-in favor of the Government's standing ’ to sue in’ a case of this kind. In its sovereign capacity the Nation has a proper interest in preserving the integrity of its judicial sysiem, in preventing klan interference with court orders, and in maxing meeningful both nationally created and nationally guaranteed eiv.l rights.