Alabama and Georgia real estate agents asked the Supreme Court to block a federal moratorium on evictions that was imposed last year by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in hopes of curbing the spread of the CCP virus, which causes the disease COVID-19. Congress enacted a nationwide moratorium on evictions and extended its life through Jan. 31, 2021. The Atlanta-based CDC, which is part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, then imposed its own moratorium at the behest of then-President Donald Trump, the current iteration of which is set to run out June 30 of this year. The theory was that uprooting tenants would spread the virus, which now appears to be in decline. Violators face criminal penalties and six-figure fines. The real estate agents argue in their emergency application in Alabama Association of Realtors v. Department of Health and Human Services, court file 20A169, …
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