Who decides who gets evicted?
The future of a federal ban on evictions is in the Supreme Court\u2019s hands. But in many cases, whether a person gets evicted is up to a judge\u2019s discretion, as our reporter found in Mississippi.
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A federal ban on evictions has been in place in one form or another since the beginning of the pandemic. But after spending a day in an eviction court in Mississippi, reporter Marissa Lang found it\u2019s often left up to individual judges whether to enforce it.
\u201cSo many of these cases are judge dependent, the outcome really varies, not just county by county, but judge by judge,\u201d Lang said. She followed a woman facing eviction \u2014 and spoke to the judge who decided her fate.