Monday, May 10, 2021
A federal judge in Washington, D.C. has ruled that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) exceeded its authority in issuing a nationwide eviction moratorium aimed at protecting renters facing hardship in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.
In a twenty-page decision,
1 U.S. District Judge Dabney L. Friedrich recognized that COVID-19 has created a serious public health crisis with unprecedented challenges for public health officials but nonetheless found that the CDC did not have authority to impose a nationwide eviction moratorium under the Public Health Service Act (PHSA).
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THE CDC ORDER
Former president Trump declared the COVID-19 outbreak a national emergency on 13 March 2020. He signed the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act)