In the face of another legal challenge by landlords of the latest CDC eviction moratorium extension at the behest of the Biden administration, the White House has filed a brief asking the Supreme Court to support the ban. 

According to some legal experts, it's unclear that the new spin on the moratorium will work, and the court could upend the move long before the October 3, 2021 expiration date.

The arguments to allow the moratorium to end "are largely the same as those contained" in the lawsuit filed by landlords on June 3, Bonnie Hochman Rothell, a partner and chair of the Washington, D.C. litigation practice of law firm, Morris, Manning & Martin, tells GlobeSt.com.

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