Home Congress COVID-19, Bill Barr and the American authoritarian tradition Congress COVID-19, Bill Barr and the American authoritarian tradition By cjordan@thehill.com Patrick G. Eddington Opinion Contributor - March 26, 2020 151 0 SHARE Facebook Twitter National crises—real or manufactured—often bring out the worst in government officials. It was reported on Saturday that the Justice Department requested from Congress the ability to ask chief judges to indefinitely detain people without trial…