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An advocate protests at a homeless camp adjacent to Heer Park as it is cleared up by the city in 2022. Despite a U.S. Supreme Court ruling that paves the way for communities to more aggressively ...
On April 22, the Supreme Court heard the case of City of Grants Pass, Oregon v. Johnson, the most significant Supreme Court case about the rights of people experiencing homelessness in decades.
While Gov. Newsom and others welcomed the Supreme Court ruling on homeless camps, the controversial topic has divided more moderate Democrats from progressives.
The appellate court relied on a 1962 Supreme Court decision that said the Eighth Amendment prevented criminalizing someone’s status — in this case, homelessness. The 1962 case, Robinson v.
Homeless advocates say the court's decision in Grants Pass v. Johnson gives local governments a blank check to "to arrest or fine those with no choice but to sleep outdoors."
The AHAR concluded that since 2007, Ohio had seen the fourth largest decrease by state in chronic homelessness, with 1,285, or 55.7%, of the chronically homeless population escaping the cycle. [1] However, all three major cities in Ohio experienced increased homeless populations due to housing shortages in 2023. [2] [3] [4]
U.S. Supreme Court justices confronted the nation's homelessness crisis on Monday as they wrestled with the legality of local laws used against people who camp on public streets and parks in a ...
Lewis appealed to the Ohio Supreme Court to intervene after an appellate court ruled that he had improperly filed suit with the city’s law director instead of the city council. [30] [31] In April 2020, the Ohio Supreme Court decided not to consider his appeal. [32] Akron mayor Dan Horrigan wrote an op-ed attacking Lewis. "For all the ...