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BREAKING: The Supreme Court lifts the federal eviction moratorium. In an unsigned 8-page opinion (with the three liberals dissenting), SCOTUS sides with a group of landlords who argued that the CDC lacked the authority to bar evictions during the pandemic. supremecourt.gov/opinions/20pdf

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Amy Howe

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Aug 27, 2021

Over dissent by 3 justices, #SCOTUS grants request to lift federal moratorium on evictions. "If a federally imposed eviction moratorium is to continue," ct. writes, "Congress must specifically authorize it." Full opinion (& dissent) here: supremecourt.gov/opinions/20pdf

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The majority says that the CDC, in barring evictions, relied on "a decades-old statute that authorizes it to implement measures like fumigation and pest extermination." "It strains credulity to believe that this statute grants the CDC the sweeping authority that it asserts."

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This is the second time the eviction moratorium has been at SCOTUS this summer. In June, the court allowed the prior version of the moratorium to remain in place through July. But on Aug. 3, the CDC renewed it for two additional months, and this time SCOTUS decides to halt it.

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In dissent, Justice Breyer includes a chart showing the rising number of COVID cases due to the delta variant. He warns that, with the moratorium lifted, the nation may see a wave of mass evictions with severe public-health consequences.

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It's a Health Code. Protecting the Public.

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CDC is not a legislative body. They are not allowed to make legal binding decisions to disrupt contract law or property rights. A system of laws exist and in order to maintain order that system has to be followed.