Appeals Court Upholds Biden Eviction Moratorium, Setting Stage for Supreme Court

Eviction moratorium directly impacts millions of U.S. households facing potential displacement during the pandemic.

In the summer of 2021, a federal appeals court in Washington preserved the Biden administration's eviction moratorium, declining to grant landlord groups the emergency relief they sought — but the decision felt less like a resolution than a pause in a deeper argument. At its heart, the case asked an ancient question in modern dress: how far may a government stretch its authority in the name of protecting the vulnerable, and who decides when that stretch has gone too far? With millions of households caught between the pandemic's disruptions and the law's uncertainties, the matter seemed destine

Appeals Court Upholds Biden Eviction Moratorium, Setting Stage for Supreme Court

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