This took far, far too long to be correctly decided.
And yet everyone involved all along the way knew it had no basis in law.
Innumerable people have lost their retirement and/or life’s savings because of this fascist action.
And the government has filed an appeal https://context-cdn.washingtonpost.com/notes/prod/default/documents/1c103765-4446-4a06-9e33-68914a0254e2/note/e1fc0be9-8584-483c-8877-b26e38b65de2.
No part of the government has the right to invalidate the terms of a contract.
The executive order was illegal.
In effect the government has taken possession of your property and prevented you from collecting rent. It has forced you into indentured servitude as you must provide a place to live without recompense.
Where this is going is the complete usurpation of private property. That would be communism but they will never call it that.
Help tenants with rent subsidies, not by unconstitutionally ripping-off landlords. Its basic equity. The landlords are not to blame for the tenants’ inability pay, so the cost of the help should not be borne solely by them.
Agreed. Was disappointed that President Trump supported this action.
They did it in the name of “public health”. And you can see the same abuse in the form of the new head of the CDC whose main goal is banning guns under “public health and safety”.
Does anyone have a link to the decision? Of course, they didn’t bother mentioning the case name either.
Freaking insane.
They have no authority to ban eviction.
Even Trump should have never let this happen.