MURDER, POLITICS, AND THE END OF THE JAZZ AGE
by Michael Wolraich
By Zoe Tillman @ Buzz Feed News, June 29 at 7:32 p.m. ET
WASHINGTON — The federal moratorium on evictions will remain in effect after the US Supreme Court on Tuesday denied a request to abruptly end it. The order leaves intact — for now — a policy that renters nationwide have relied on to ease financial hardships caused by the coronavirus pandemic.
The moratorium adopted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention was set to expire on June 30; near the end of the month, the CDC announced a “final” extension to July 31. In a 5–4 order, the justices refused to intervene in an ongoing legal fight brought by landlord and real estate industry groups that sued over the policy. The Supreme Court’s order means the moratorium will stay in place for now and the case will continue in the lower courts [....]