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“The bulk of the constitutional scholarship says that it’s not likely to pass constitutional muster,” Biden said. “But there are several key scholars who think that it may and it’s worth the effort.”

The president added that the moratorium — even if it gets challenged in court — “will probably give some additional time” for states and city to release billions of dollars in federal relief to renters.

I'm not a constitutional scholar like Barry was, but has this been tried on non-military actions before? This "probably not in my power, but it'll take long enough to decide for it to work" might be common in other elected offices, but usually the president doesn't need to do that because he has a bully pulpit over Congress.

It just seems like the spirit of this order goes directly against the oath of the office.