> The federal government has broad emergency powers to prevent the spread of infectious diseases The supreme court said the CDC exceeded their statutory author

> The federal government has broad emergency powers to prevent the spread of infectious diseases The supreme court said the CDC exceeded their statutory authority [0]: > As he often does, Kavanaugh wrote to explain why he voted to allow the moratorium to remain in place. On the one hand, he said he agreed with the District Court that the CDC exceeded its statutory authority by issuing a nationwide moratorium. > But, he said, because the CDC has said it will end the moratorium in a few weeks he would allow it to remain in place. He said the extra weeks will "allow for additional and more orderly distribution of the congressionally appropriated rental assistance funds." > Kavanaugh made clear however, that if the government were to extend the moratorium past July 31, it would need "specific congressional authorization." So it sounds like the eviction moratorium was illegal. [0] https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/eviction-moratorium-expiring-saturday-biden-calls-congress-act/story?id=79142644 https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/eviction-moratorium-expiring...