Conservative blocAlito – MajorityBarrett – MajorityGorsuch – MajorityKavanaugh – MajorityRoberts – MajorityThomas – MajorityLiberal blocJackson – MinorityKagan – MinoritySotomayor – MinorityThe US supreme court has ruled that cities in the US west can criminalize unhoused people sleeping outside even when they lack access to shelter. For some people, sleeping outside is their only option. The appeals court ruled that Grants Pass could not enforce its camping ban if it didn’t provide shelter, saying that criminalizing sleeping outside when shelter is unavailable was an eighth amendment violation. Lawyers for the unhoused residents of Grants Pass said the city’s policies had, in effect, banished unhoused people from existing within the jurisdiction. California counted more than 123,400 people living outside, accounting for nearly half of all unsheltered people in the US.

Source: The Guardian June 28, 2024 20:24 UTC