Eviction moratoriums shouldn't be left for the states
If there was any lingering doubt that the conservative majority in the Supreme Court is coming into its own, the 6-3 decision on Aug. 26 to lift the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) eviction moratorium should dispel it. The same justices with a generous interpretation of executive privilege for the previous administration ruled that the Biden administration's CDC exceeded its authority in its last-ditch effort to extend the eviction ban by more narrowly tailoring it to county COVID-19 transmission rates. The moratorium targeted millions of people who, if evicted, would have nowhere else to live but with relatives, in shelters, or seeking beds in other dense, congregant facilities.
Back in June, the court allowed the moratorium to stay in place for another month, with Congress having to authorize further extensions. After a failed effort by the slim Democratic majority in Congress to pass such a law, the court sided with the Alabama and Georgia Associations of Realtors, backed by the National Association of Realtors, to lift the ban.
The new surge in delta variant infections, noteworthy precisely in the states of the plaintiffs where rent arrears are also burgeoning, was insufficient to convince the conservatives that a continuing moratorium on evictions would serve to quarantine and prevent further spreading. The court also reasoned that extending the moratorium could cause irreparable harm to landlords.
With Congress unable to respond legislatively, the court's decision moved the struggle to protect millions of tenants to the states. Republican-controlled statehouses have been thwarting the president and the razor-thin Democratic majority in Congress and preempting power from Democratic-leaning cities and counties on many other issues as well.
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