Political and Legislative
Ohio Federal Judge Rules the Government Overstepped its Authority in the Eviction Bans
A federal judge in Ohio has ruled that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention overstepped its authority when it banned evictions nationwide.
U.S. District Judge J. Philip Calabrese, who was nominated to the court by former President Donald Trump, sided with a group of property owners who had argued in October that the CDC lacked the power to ban them from evicting their tenants.
Landlords applauded the ruling.
“This decision makes clear that federal agencies can’t exercise power Congress has not given them,” Steve Simpson, a senior attorney at the Pacific Legal Foundation, which represented the landlords, said in a statement. “Now our clients no longer have to provide housing for free.”
