Now: SCOTUS leaves in place the federal eviction moratorium, which is set to expire at the end of July. Roberts and Kavanaugh join Breyer, Kagan, and Sotomayor; the other conservatives would have lifted it asap after a lower court judge concluded it was unlawful (appeal pending) 
Kavanaugh writes to make clear the CDC's decision to specify this would be the final extension is what swayed him not to intervene now. It seems safe to say the delay in SCOTUS responding to the challengers was at least in part the justices waiting to see what the CDC would do
Now: SCOTUS votes 5-4 to keep the federal eviction moratorium in place for now, with Roberts and Kavanaugh joining the court's liberal wing to reject an effort to immediately end it buzzfeednews.com/article/zoetil…
Industry groups that challenged moratorium won in the district court, but that judge and the DC Circuit granted the govt's request to keep the moratorium in place while they appealed. The industry groups petitioned SCOTUS to step in, a majority voted no buzzfeednews.com/article/zoetil…
The CDC just announced it was extending the eviction moratorium again through the end of July, but also said this would be the final extension. That convinced Kavanaugh to say, okay, let's allow this to just play out as planned buzzfeednews.com/article/zoetil…
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