The executive branch
moratorium
A temporary official halt to an activity: a pause on evictions, on new leases, on enforcement of a rule.
In full
A moratorium can come from statute, from an agency acting within its authority, or from a court order. Its legality turns on whether the body imposing it had the power to do so, which is exactly what the Supreme Court found lacking in the CDC's eviction moratorium in 2021. Its temporary framing does not lower the authority required.
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