A group of New York landlords has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to block a state moratorium on evictions during the COVID-19 pandemic, saying that the law, meant to protect vulnerable tenants, “runs roughshod” over their own due process and First Amendment rights.

The landlords, represented by attorneys from Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher and led by Randy Mastro, argued Tuesday in an emergency application to Supreme Court Associate Justice Sonia Sotomayor that the “courthouse door has been barred to New York’s landlords” since the state enacted the moratorium during the early days of the public health crisis.