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Re:Millions Still Months Behind on Rent After Eviction Morat... by bpodgursky on Friday September 24, 2021 @11:29PM (#28650240)
I don't think this is an important point. There's no law allowing it.

If the "government" wanted something enough, they could get a supermajority together in congress and amend the constitution to make literally anything legal. But they haven't, in this case, done so.

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Re:Millions Still Months Behind on Rent After Eviction Morat... by ananonymoususer on Friday September 24, 2021 @11:49PM (#28650338)
You are forgetting about the (often ignored) Tenth Amendment.
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Re:Millions Still Months Behind on Rent After Eviction Morat... by bpodgursky on Friday September 24, 2021 @11:58PM (#28650385)
Congress could eliminate the tenth amendment anytime it had a supermajority... there's no clause in the constitution that cannot be amended.
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Re:Millions Still Months Behind on Rent After Eviction Morat... by ananonymoususer on Saturday September 25, 2021 @01:54PM (#28654909)
I'm not sure such a proposal would fly. It would be overtly acknowledging the policy shift toward a federal power grab. There would be some resistance and perhaps even some re-balancing of federal/state powers in the end.

As long as the Tenth is there, it is part of the constitution which all elected officials have sworn an oath to uphold.

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Re:Millions Still Months Behind on Rent After Eviction Morat... by flenserboy on Saturday September 25, 2021 @12:43AM (#28650615)
Not by itself. It must go through the States via the ratification process.

https://www.archives.gov/federal-register/constitution

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