Court rules agency lacks legal authority to impose it
“The pandemic has triggered difficult policy decisions that have had enormous real-world consequences. The nationwide eviction moratorium is one such decision.” –Judge Dabney Friedrich
Judge Dabney Friedrich of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia entered an Order vacating the moratorium, ruling that the CDC overstepped its statutory authority.
Friedrich appeared skeptical of the government’s position in a hearing last week.
“It is the role of the political branches, and not the courts, to assess the merits of policy measures designed to combat the spread of disease, even during a global pandemic,” Friedrich wrote. “The question for the Court is a narrow one: Does the Public Health Service Act grant the CDC the legal authority to impose a nationwide eviction moratorium? It does not.”
