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Even if the Supreme Court overturns the 9th Circuit's decisions, Bristol said, "we still have 200 people who have to go somewhere.” "We have to accept that homelessness is a reality in America ...
The Supreme Court wrestled with major questions about the growing issue of homelessness on Monday as it considered whether cities can punish people for sleeping outside when shelter space is lacking.
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 scenes were emblematic of the crisis gripping the small, Oregon mountain town of Grants Pass, where a fierce fight over park space has become a battleground for a much larger, national debate on homelessness that has reached the U.S. Supreme Court. The town's case, set to be heard April 22, has broad implications for how not only Grants ...
Johnson gives local governments a blank check to "to arrest or fine those with no choice but to sleep outdoors." Supreme Court Rules That Punishing the Homeless for Sleeping Outside Isn't 'Cruel ...
City of Grants Pass v. Johnson, 603 U.S. 520 (2024), is a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court held that local government ordinances with civil and criminal penalties for camping on public land do not constitute cruel and unusual punishment of homeless people. [1]
Tents are set up along Cooper Court, an alley frequented by people without homes. A June 2024 Supreme Court ruling allowed cities to enforce bans on sleeping outside, but Boise Mayor Lauren McLean ...
Martin v. Boise (full case name Robert Martin, Lawrence Lee Smith, Robert Anderson, Janet F. Bell, Pamela S. Hawkes, and Basil E. Humphrey v.City of Boise) was a 2018 decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit regarding anti-camping ordinances targeting homeless people, effectively overturned by the U.S. Supreme Court in 2024.