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NCLA Appeals to Stop the Radical Intrusion on State Courts Caused by CDC’s Eviction Moratorium
New Civil Liberties AllianceDecember 22, 2020 GMT
Washington, D.C., Dec. 21, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Using the pandemic emergency as an excuse, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), a part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, has issued a nationwide eviction moratorium that far exceeds the constitutional limits of its authority and the agency’s expertise. Today, the New Civil Liberties Alliance filed its opening brief in its appeal to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit on behalf of Rick Brown of Winchester, Virginia and other housing providers who are suing over CDC’s moratorium order. The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia declined to preliminarily block the order, and NCLA sought intervention by the Court of Appeals. The sweeping order suspends state law under the premise that doing so was “necessary” to control the COVID-19 pandemic. NCLA argues that times of crisis are when constitutional limits are needed the most.