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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.
The Supreme Court cleared the way for cities to enforce bans on homeless people sleeping outside in public places on Friday, overturning a California appeals court ruling that found such laws ...
The appellate court relied on a 1962 Supreme Court decision that said the Eighth Amendment prevented criminalizing someone’s status — in Martin v. Boise, the status of homelessness. The 1962 ...
Boise, the Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled that city officials in Boise, Idaho, could not enforce an anti-camping ordinance whenever its homeless population exceeds the number of available beds in its homeless shelters. Since the Supreme Court declined to hear an appeal to this case in 2019, it became binding precedent within the ...
August 8, 2024 at 10:05 PM. PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The small Oregon city at the heart of a recent landmark U.S. Supreme Court ruling that allows cities to enforce outdoor sleeping bans has voted ...
In a 6-3 decision, the justices disagreed with the 9th Circuit Court in San Francisco and ruled that it is not "cruel and unusual" punishment for city officials to forbid homeless people from ...
Can cities criminalize camping by homeless people who have nowhere else to go? Yes, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled Friday in a 6-3 decision. Though the case originated thousands of miles away in ...
In the court's majority opinion, Justice Neil Gorsuch wrote: "Nothing in today's decision prevents states, cities and counties from going a step further and declining to criminalize public camping ...