CDC issues new eviction ban for most of US through Oct. 3

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[–]AirSeddit88 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

By what authority does the CDC issue eviction bans? They have no governmental standing. They are an NGO if I understand correctly. They can recommend whatever they want. But a recommendation without enforcement is no ban.

[–]thefirststone 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

No, it's under the Department of Health and Human Resources, which is cabinet thing, which is directly under the president. In theory, he can delegate any powers he has, unless whatever Congressional funding or other laws prohibit it.

He is quoted here ruminating that he probably doesn't have this power. So he did it anyway.

[–]IridescentAnaconda 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I guess they haven't yet reached their target level of wealth transfer from middle-class landlords.

[–]thefirststone 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

“The bulk of the constitutional scholarship says that it’s not likely to pass constitutional muster,” Biden said. “But there are several key scholars who think that it may and it’s worth the effort.”

The president added that the moratorium — even if it gets challenged in court — “will probably give some additional time” for states and city to release billions of dollars in federal relief to renters.

I'm not a constitutional scholar like Barry was, but has this been tried on non-military actions before? This "probably not in my power, but it'll take long enough to decide for it to work" might be common in other elected offices, but usually the president doesn't need to do that because he has a bully pulpit over Congress.

It just seems like the spirit of this order goes directly against the oath of the office.