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Landlord files lawsuit against CDC eviction moratorium
A landlord filed a legal challenge this week to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s sweeping order suspending evictions nationwide, arguing that it was an “affront to core constitutional limits on federal power” that stripped him of his rights to access the courts. The filing is the first direct legal challenge to an order…
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Virginia landlord sues to stop CDC's nationwide ban on evictions
A lawsuit filed in federal court is seeking to halt the enforcement of a federal order that temporarily prohibits landlords from evicting tenants as a means to stop the spread of COVID-19. The lawsuit, filed on behalf of Virginia resident Rich Brown, is asking a federal court to order the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention…
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Bump Stock Ban Back in Contention
Bump stocks have faded from the headlines. Most in the firearms community have been outraged that a federal administrative agency could make such a radical change in the law, as to ban items the agency previously ruled were perfectly legal, without any action by Congress or the President. Read the full article TweetShareShare0 Shares
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Federal judge hears arguments in Texas gun owner’s bump stock lawsuit
A Texas gun owner who sued the federal government over its bump stock ban argued his case in federal court Wednesday. Michael Cargill, of Austin, sued the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) in 2019, claiming the government violated his rights when he was ordered to “destroy…
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Landlord Who Claims He’s Suffering ‘Significant Economic Damages’ Sues CDC, HHS For Eviction Moratorium
A civil liberties group filed a federal lawsuit Tuesday on behalf of a landlord who alleges that a recent U.S. government eviction moratorium order will continue to cause him “significant economic damages” from unpaid rent. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued an order Friday temporarily halting residential evictions until 2021 in order to “prevent…
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Bump Stock Ruling Vacated, to Be Reheard
A federal appeals court last week vacated an earlier decision that upheld the federal government’s ban on bump stocks and granted a petition for a rehearing. The U.S. 10th Circuit, based in Denver, Colorado, agreed to an en banc petition in the case of Utah gun rights advocate W. Clark Aposhian, backed by the nonprofit New Civil Liberties…
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