US Supreme Court refuses to lift federal ban on evictions
US Supreme Court has refused to lift the federal moratorium on evictions that had been imposed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention during the COVID-19 outbreak.
The court voted 5 to 4 to reject a request made by a number of landlords and real estate companies to block the CDC’s eviction moratorium. They believe that the CDC has exceeded its authority by imposing such a ban.
Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr., Justices Stephen G. Breyer, Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan and Brett M. Kavanaugh were those who voted against the request.
“Because the CDC plans to end the moratorium in only a few weeks, on July 31, and because those few weeks will allow for additional and more orderly distribution of the congressionally appropriated rental assistance funds, I vote at this time to deny the application,” Kavanaugh wrote.
The CDC moratorium was put in place by former President Donald Trump’s administration and extended under Biden. It had been set to expire June 30 before the CDC announced what it said was a final, one-month extension on June 24.
United States, which has recorded almost 34 million cases of the virus beside over 604 thousand deaths so far, continues to top the global chart of the pandemic.
The virus has virtually paralyzed the economy of the world’s biggest economic power, disrupting nearly every aspect of life. The labor market has borne the worst brunt.
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