But I Repeat Myself

No matter how you feel about the eviction moratorium, this was… suboptimal from the perspective of maintaining norms and the rule of law.

For the last 5 years, we have spent a great deal of time talking about those things, and (ahem) they still matter.
https://t.co/47oF2vhWjc

— Charlie Sykes (@SykesCharlie) August 5, 2021

WaPo editorial board: "If the Trump administration had ignored a direct warning from the Supreme Court, Democrats would rightfully line up to condemn the president. Mr. Biden does not get a pass on the rule of law because his heart is in the right place." https://t.co/GBxbdt6RHJ

— John McCormack (@McCormackJohn) August 5, 2021

I infer from Biden's statement ("courts made it clear that the existing moratorium was not constitutional...there are several key scholars who think that it may and it’s worth the effort," https://t.co/LTtYgxCDge) that OLC did not give a thumbs up. Some journalist should ask. https://t.co/g2DKZYUFnP

— Jack Goldsmith (@jacklgoldsmith) August 4, 2021

This is a deeply weird defense of the CDC eviction moratorium. As much as I believe in the infinite wisdom of constitutional law scholars (::cough cough::), Biden has a whole Department of Justice and Office of Legal Counsel for these kinds of questions. https://t.co/9w7Qddbohw pic.twitter.com/pHALvLTSDg

— Alan Rozenshtein (@ARozenshtein) August 4, 2021

The eviction moratorium may be good policy, but it's dubious at best that it's legal the way it's being done, and that matters.

— HatInProSe (@Popehat) August 5, 2021

Legal opinions that are not legal briefs, especially when they are found on the internet, are pretty much worth the paper they are printed on.