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Landlord Sues to Block CDC Ban on Evictions During Pandemic
A Virginia landlord sued the Trump administration Tuesday seeking to block the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s coronavirus-based ban on residential evictions. Landlord Rick Brown and his attorneys at New Civil Liberties Alliance called the CDC’s eviction ban an “affront to core constitutional limits on federal power,” adding the agency’s nationwide moratorium during…
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NCLA Challenges CDC's Eviction Moratorium
Last week, Ilya Somin and I blogged about the Trump Administration’s new eviction moratorium. The New Civil Liberties Alliance has challenged the policy, and sought a temporary restraining order in the Northern District of Georgia. The Plaintiff is from Virginia, but the CDC is based in Atlanta. Read the full article TweetShareShare0 Shares
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CFPB tells Pa. judge that other courts have rejected Navient's argument
Though its structure was found to be unconstitutional, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is arguing old decisions can be fixed through the process of ratification as its case against the nation’s largest student loan servicer heads toward trial. The agency’s authority came into question when the U.S. Supreme Court ruled this year that its director…
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Arguments begin Friday concerning lawsuit against Governor Baker and COVID-19 response
The Massachusetts Superior Court hears oral arguments Friday concerning a lawsuit over Governor Charlie Baker’s executive orders during the COVID-19 pandemic. At the beginning of June, the New Civil Liberties Alliance, based out of Washington D.C., filed a complaint in Massachusetts Superior Court representing local entrepreneurs, church pastors, and the headmaster of a private school…
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