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Cite as:  594 U. S. ____ (2021) 

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KAVANAUGH, J., concurring 

SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES 

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No. 20A169 
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ALABAMA ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS, ET AL. v. 
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN 
SERVICES, ET AL. 

ON APPLICATION TO VACATE STAY 

[June 29, 2021]

  The  application  to  vacate  stay  presented  to  THE  CHIEF 
JUSTICE and by him referred to the Court is denied.  
  JUSTICE THOMAS, JUSTICE ALITO, JUSTICE GORSUCH, and 
JUSTICE BARRETT would grant the application. 
  JUSTICE KAVANAUGH, concurring. 
  I  agree  with  the  District  Court  and  the  applicants  that 
the  Centers  for  Disease  Control  and  Prevention  exceeded 
its  existing  statutory  authority  by  issuing  a  nationwide 
eviction moratorium.  See Utility Air Regulatory Group v. 
EPA, 573 U. S. 302, 324 (2014).  Because the CDC plans to 
end  the moratorium in only  a few weeks,  on  July  31, and 
because those few weeks will allow for additional and more 
orderly  distribution  of  the  congressionally  appropriated 
rental assistance funds, I vote at this time to deny the ap-
plication to vacate the District Court’s stay of its order.  See 
Barnes v. E-Systems, Inc. Group Hospital Medical & Surgi-
cal  Ins.  Plan,  501  U. S.  1301,  1305  (1991)  (Scalia,  J.,  in 
chambers)  (stay  depends  in  part  on  balance  of  equities); 
Coleman  v.  Paccar  Inc.,  424  U. S.  1301,  1304  (1976) 
(Rehnquist, J., in chambers).  In my view, clear and specific 
congressional authorization (via new legislation) would be 
necessary for the CDC to extend the moratorium past July 
31.