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Judge doubts eviction ban, but may lack power to stop it

Mark Sherman

The Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) – A federal judge who declared the earlier nationwide moratorium on evictions illegal was deeply skeptical Monday, Aug. 9, of the Biden administration's new order, but said she may lack the power to do anything about it.

U.S. District Judge Dabney Friedrich promised a decision soon in an effort by Alabama landlords to block the moratorium imposed last week by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which it said was based on the spread of COVID-19's Delta variant.

Friedrich suggested the administration was engaged in legal "gamesmanship...

 

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