At the direction of President Joe Biden and in defiance of a recent
Supreme Court ruling, the Centers for Disease Control issued an illegal
60-day eviction moratorium Tuesday evening.
"The
U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC) is issuing a new over
temporarily halting evictions in counties with heightened levels of
community transmission in order to respond to recent, unexpected
developments in the trajectory of the COVID-19 pandemic, including the
rise of the Delta variant. It is intended to target specific areas of
the country where cases are rapidly increasing, which likely would be
exacerbated by mass evictions," the CDC released in a statement.
"Accordingly, subject to the imitations under 'Applicability,' a
landlord, owner of a residential property, or other person with a legal
right to pursue eviction or possessory action, shall not evict any
covered person from experiencing substantial or high levels of community
transmission of SARS-CoV-2."
The penalties are stiff, although it is unclear where the CDC got the authority to enforce a "law" Congress did not pass.
The new 60-day CDC eviction moratorium carries steep criminal penalties for individual landlords who break the law:
- Potential $100k fine and 1 year in jail if eviction doesn't result in death
- Up to $250k fine and 1 year in jail if evicted person dieshttps://t.co/d0KRACRFUy pic.twitter.com/MVnUQDJQGD
Congress,
which is controlled by Democrats, had two months to come up with a
solution after the Supreme Court determined the moratorium -- issued
through the executive branch -- is unconstitutional.
To be clear, Democrats absolutely did NOT work tirelessly on this.
They
FORGOT about the deadline (or put it off until the last day of session
on purpose), failed to take action, and Biden waved a wand to extend it
(until it's stopped again). https://t.co/G62CGlbeN6
During
a press briefing at the White House Monday, Biden administration
officials said they had “kicked all of the tires” for a solution and
that they were not legally allowed to extend the moratorium. President
Biden moved forward anyway.
Pres.
Biden says he's not sure if the upcoming eviction moratorium decision
from the CDC will hold constitutionally, but that he hopes it will "give
some additional time" to give out rental assistance funds. pic.twitter.com/V78AOusRe5
— CBS News (@CBSNews) August 3, 2021
Trump CDC takes over private property via eviction moratorium.
Insane.
SCOTUS says it’s unconstitutional but OK to leave in place since it ends soon.
Insane.
Biden says it probably is unconstitutional but directs CDC to extend it again.
Insane.https://t.co/kas6auTpMV
Our
tax dollars at work: PBS's Yamiche Alcindor lobbies White House
American Rescue Plan coordinator Gene Sperling to have President Biden
unilaterally extend the eviction moratorium and worry about the Supreme
Court striking it down later.
Cause who needs laws, amirite?! pic.twitter.com/oBWCK03MAY
Socialist and communist Democrat are celebrating while private property owners are on the hook.
On Friday night, I came to the
Capitol with my chair. I refused to accept that Congress could leave for
vacation while 11 million people faced eviction.
For 5 days, we’ve been out here, demanding that our government acts to save lives.
Today, our movement moved mountains.
Notice
how Dems were careful to omit mortgage payments and property taxes from
their not-a-law moratorium. That’s how you know this is pretend-to-care
theater. It’s a Marxist grab for private property rights, period. https://t.co/1jGYuji946
— Dana Loesch (@DLoesch) August 4, 2021
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