If you're not paying attention to the eviction moratorium story because you think it doesn't affect you, then consider how quickly the CDC's unbelievable overreach could devolve into a full-blown Divided We Fall moment.
As in, the foundations are really being shaken on this one.
Sure, we could highlight that the CDC is in the bag for the Democrats, and are WAY overreaching their boundaries as a health organization in stopping evictions. They shouldn't even have the authority to do this. We could highlight the broader picture that in socio-communist nations, private land ownership is relegated to the elite oligarchy, and this continuing eviction moratorium is going to break lots of small rental owners, while big ones weather it. This is the beginning of that oligarchy. But none of that is the point here.
The point is, the Supreme Court issued a ruling at the end of June that left the CDC's original eviction moratorium in place. But Brett Kavanaugh noted in his ruling that the CDC had overstepped it's bounds, and had acted illegally.
The CDC had acted illegally. Essentially, yes, we'll allow it to continue since it's almost over, but what you did was illegal.
And now they've done it again.
Barring another Supreme Court case on this same subject, which SCOTUS is loathe to do, we could see this devolve into chaos very quickly.
States that know this is illegal will begin forcing evictions again. (Red states).
States that do not care will continue to not enforce evictions. (Blue states would have probably manipulated their courts to avoid evictions for a long time anyway).
Forget that this is about an eviction moratorium for a minute, and the economies of the states in question. We're talking about a Supreme Court ruling being completely ignored. There could be a terrible cascade effect where states decide which laws they like and which laws they don't. At that point, why do we have a federal government at all?
Together we stand, divided we fall.
Do you see the implications here? Blame Brett Kavanaugh for not being more clear, but the truth is, this case just reveals what's coming. At some point, there's going to be a ruling that half the country just does not listen to, and openly defies. It could be a ruling you love that Dem governors boycott, or a ruling you hate that GOP governors boycott. But it's coming, and could already be here.
There's a term for when states rebel, coined in 1861.
But this one won't start with a shot. It'll start with a president who couldn't pack the court and decided instead to ignore it.
