During the pandemic, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced a rule that all landlords across the U.S. must stop evicting tenants. It took this step to protect public health, arguing it would allow everyone to stay at home and avoid exposure to COVID-19. Some states did not like the CDC making this rule. What argument could those states reasonably make? The balance of interests suggests that only states can make such a rule States generally control public health activities, not the federal government United States vs. Butler prevents the CDC from making such rules The U.S. constitution says nothing about evictions.