Posted on 08/15/2021 3:38:09 PM PDT by Hojczyk
A three judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia late Saturday set a quick schedule to consider whether to allow a new Biden administration COVID-19 residential eviction ban to remain in place.
Earlier on Saturday, lawyers for Alabama and Georgia realtors filed an emergency request seeking to overturn the new 60-day eviction ban that was ordered by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Aug. 3.
On Friday, a U.S. district court judge in Washington said he would have blocked the new ruling but said her hands were tied by an earlier appeals court ruling.
The appeals court said the Justice Department has until Tuesday at 9 a.m. EDT to respond and then lawyers for the landlords have until Wednesday at 9 a.m. EDT to reply. Both sides asked the court to rule by Thursday.
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Thank God this is being done.
Don’t fall for this. The eventual remedy on the part of government will be a state takeover of rental properties, then eventually all properties. Housing justice or housing equity will be the new injustice needing justice.
This could well be another manufactured crisis. One of many coming up.
I fail to see how covid has any relevance to rent. If it does, then how about not making car payments and why should Amazon expect payments on orders?
That will make a difference.
DC Appeals Court ? Same court that reviewed Gen Kelly ? ... I'm not optimistic
The important thing is that if this is done quickly then it can go on to the USSC. Then we find out if MR K is going to fold again. I am hoping that he will feel too dissed to fold.
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