{"id":176377,"date":"2021-02-26T10:22:34","date_gmt":"2021-02-26T15:22:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=176377"},"modified":"2021-02-26T10:44:17","modified_gmt":"2021-02-26T15:44:17","slug":"federal-judge-axes-cdc-ban-on-evictions-constitution-persists-despite-pandemic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/federal-judge-axes-cdc-ban-on-evictions-constitution-persists-despite-pandemic\/","title":{"rendered":"Federal Judge Axes CDC Ban On Evictions: Constitution \u2018Persists\u2019 Despite Pandemic"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ffederal-judge-axes-cdc-ban-on-evictions-constitution-persists-despite-pandemic%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=176377&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/CDC.jpg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>A federal judge in Texas blocked a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) mandate that restricted landlords from evicting residents.<\/p>\n<p>U.S. District Judge J. Campbell Barker ruled Thursday that the CDC order, first enacted by the Trump administration in September, is unconstitutional. Barker said that the order, unprecedented in U.S. history, fell outside the Constitution\u2019s Article I powers granted to the federal government.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe federal government cannot say that it has ever before invoked its power over interstate commerce to impose a residential eviction moratorium. It did not do so during the deadly Spanish Flu pandemic. \u2026 Nor did it invoke such a power during the exigencies of the Great Depression,\u201d Barker wrote in his 21-page <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dropbox.com\/s\/qt71rci75p5znj4\/Texas%20ruling.pdf?dl=0\">opinion<\/a>. \u201cThe federal government has not claimed such a power at any point during our Nation\u2019s history until last year.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd the government\u2019s claim of constitutional authority is broad. The government admits that nothing about its constitutional argument turns on the current pandemic,\u201d he continued. \u201cThe court concludes that the federal government\u2019s Article I power to regulate interstate commerce and enact laws necessary and proper to that end does not include the power to impose the challenged eviction moratorium.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBecause the remaining plaintiffs are entitled to judgment as a matter of law, the court enters summary judgment granting declaratory relief in their favor. Although the COVID-19 pandemic persists, so does the Constitution,\u201d Barker concluded.<\/p>\n<p>Former President Donald Trump put the moratorium in place in September to expire at the end of last year. In December, Congress <a href=\"https:\/\/crsreports.congress.gov\/product\/pdf\/IN\/IN11516\">passed<\/a> legislation extending the moratorium to the end of January. On his first day in office, President Joe Biden signed an executive order again extending the moratorium through March 31, 2021.<\/p>\n<p>The rule generally barred landlords from evicting a tenant who could not pay rent and could not get access to public housing or assistance. The lawsuit that resulted in Barker\u2019s opinion was brought by a group of landlords and property managers in Texas seeking to serve eviction notices to some of their tenants. Representatives of the Texas Public Policy Foundation and the Southeastern Legal Foundation, both legal groups representing the landowners in the case, hailed the decision.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe court\u2019s order today holding the CDC\u2019s interference with private property rights under the veil of COVID-19 serves as notice to the Biden administration that the Constitution limits government power,\u201d Southeastern Legal Foundation attorney Kimberly Hermann said, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/regulation\/court-battles\/540617-judge-rules-cdc-eviction-moratorium-unconstitutional?rl=1#.YDg37I4clMI.twitter\">The Hill<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe CDC attempted to use Covid-19 as an opportunity to grab power and the court rightfully corrected this egregious overreach,\u201d Texas Public Policy Foundation General Counsel Robert Henneke said, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2021-02-25\/cdc-s-eviction-moratorium-is-blocked-by-federal-judge-in-texas\">Bloomberg<\/a>. \u201cThis case puts down a marker.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The case is expected to be appealed to the Fifth Circuit. In December, estimates predicted that because of the COVID-19 pandemic and heavy-handed state lockdowns, tens of millions of renters could be evicted from their rentals should the moratorium lapse. As <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/millions-will-soon-face-eviction-as-federal-moratorium-set-to-expire\">The Daily Wire<\/a> reported at the time:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><em>On December 31st, a nationwide CDC order covering states and localities without eviction bans will expire.\u00a0Similar policies in New York, Oregon, Virginia, and Washington state are also scheduled to lapse at the end of this year, while California\u2019s version remains in effect until February 1.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Meanwhile, millions of renters remain unemployed and still owe thousands in back rent and late fees. The uncertainty about whether rent will be paid has\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2020\/08\/21\/business\/economy\/rent-tenants-evictions.html\">resulted<\/a>\u00a0in both tenants and individual landlords relying on credit cards, emergency funds, and family and friends to get by. Stout, a global investment bank and advisory firm,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncsha.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Analysis-of-Current-and-Expected-Rental-Shortfall-and-Potential-Evictions-in-the-US_Stout_FINAL.pdf\">estimates<\/a>\u00a0up to 8.4 million renter households (20.1 individual renters) \u201ccould experience an eviction filing\u201d by January, with projections showing up to $34 billion in funds owed by renters to property owners.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><em>member<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A federal judge in Texas blocked a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) mandate that restricted landlords from evicting residents. U.S. District Judge J. 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