The New Civil Liberties Alliance (the “Alliance”), a non-profit civil liberties legal interest group based in Washington, petitioned a federal judge in the Northern District of Georgia to block the Centers for Disease Control and Preventions’ (the “CDC”) moratorium on evictions that is currently set to expire on December 31, 2020, but may possibly be…

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The Seventh Circuit judge, nominated by President Donald Trump to replace the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, is on track for confirmation Monday night and would join the high court at a time of rising conservative disdain for the Supreme Court’s 1984 ruling in Chevron v. Natural Resources Defense Council. The landmark ruling — which every…

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In September, the Trump administration announced a national moratorium on evictions, via an order by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention aimed at reducing the spread of coronavirus. The four-month temporary suspension applies to any tenant who can’t make rent due to economic conditions and who presents a written declaration about their circumstances to their landlord. Read the full article…

A federal judge in Atlanta heard arguments Tuesday over whether a federal directive halting residential evictions through the end of the year to help control the spread of the coronavirus can stay in effect. The National Apartment Association and landlords from four states – Georgia, South Carolina, New Jersey and Virginia – sued the Centers for Disease…