Last spring when the pandemic was raging and many New Jersey workers lost their jobs, Gov. Phil Murphy suspended the right of landlords to evict tenants. Murphy also signed executive order No. 128, forcing landlords to use their tenants’ security deposits toward rent payments. A group that represents small property owners has filed a lawsuit,…

RICHMOND, Va. — Landlords across the country are saying the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)’s eviction moratorium that was recently extended to protect tenants struggling to make rent is starting to hurt them. For this reason, a civil rights organization is filing lawsuits against the CDC. Getting rid of the CDC eviction moratorium is what…

(The Center Square) – Landlords are struggling after the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) extended a national ban on certain evictions apparently to slow the spread of COVID-19. The CDC extended the moratorium, first enacted in Sept. 2020, through June 30. The New Civil Liberties Alliance (NCLA), a nonpartisan, nonprofit civil rights…

Two years ago, peaceful, law-abiding gun owners across the country became felons overnight, thanks to the Trump administration’s ban on bump stocks. But as the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit recognized last week, Congress alone has the authority to define new federal crimes, while the president and his underlings are charged with enforcing those laws.…

NCLA’s Senior Litigation Counsel John Vecchione joins “The Bill Meyer Show” on AM 1440 KMED to discuss NCLA’s class-action lawsuit against the CDC’s unlawful eviction moratorium. Key takeaways: • The CDC does not have the ability to stop your access to state court. U.S. District Judge John Barker recently held that Congress doesn’t even have…

NCLA’s Executive Director and General Counsel Mark Chenoweth joins “The Michael Berry Show” on News Radio 740 KTRH to discuss how the Administrative State violates the Constitution and the avalanche of executive orders seen in the first few months of the Biden administration. Key takeaways: • Administrative agencies violate the 4th Amendment through their attempts…