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Chevron Deference's Future In Doubt If Barrett Is Confirmed
The Seventh Circuit judge, nominated by President Donald Trump to replace the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, is on track for confirmation Monday night and would join the high court at a time of rising conservative disdain for the Supreme Court’s 1984 ruling in Chevron v. Natural Resources Defense Council. The landmark ruling — which every…
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Landlords Challenge U.S. Eviction Ban and Continue to Oust Renters
In September, the Trump administration announced a national moratorium on evictions, via an order by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention aimed at reducing the spread of coronavirus. The four-month temporary suspension applies to any tenant who can’t make rent due to economic conditions and who presents a written declaration about their circumstances to their landlord. Read the full article…
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Landlords Ask Federal Judge to Throw Out Ban on Evictions
A federal judge in Atlanta heard arguments Tuesday over whether a federal directive halting residential evictions through the end of the year to help control the spread of the coronavirus can stay in effect. The National Apartment Association and landlords from four states – Georgia, South Carolina, New Jersey and Virginia – sued the Centers for Disease…
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Property Owners Ask Judge to Block CDC Eviction Ban
A civil liberties legal interest group is asking a federal judge in Georgia to block the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s order halting evictions to prevent the spread of COVID-19, saying that property owners are having their constitutional rights violated—and being left with the tab for the coronavirus pandemic. Lawyers argued the point in…
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