Biden Administration Asks Supreme Court to Keep Eviction Ban (1)

The Biden administration urged the Supreme Court to keep in place the moratorium on evictions in parts of the country hit hard by the Covid-19 pandemic, saying the rise of the delta variant has heightened the need for tenant protections.

Landlords and real-estate trade associations from Alabama and Georgia asked the court last week to lift the ban, set to run through Oct. 3. The challengers say the moratorium exceeds the authority Congress has given the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

The Supreme Court has already indicated it’s likely to be skeptical of the administration. The court left ...