#SCOTUS to review restrictions on #homeless encampments
The Supreme Court said Fri it will consider whether state & local ofcls can punish homeless individuals for camping & sleeping in public spaces when #shelter beds are unavailable.
The justices will review a lower court decision that declared it #unconstitutional to enforce anti-camping #laws against homeless individuals when they have nowhere else to sleep.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/01/12/supreme-court-homeless-encampments-restrictions/
@Nonilex how did this make it to the SC?
You can read at the link below.
Basically, a city had an ordinance against camping on public property, then the 9th Circuit ruled that the Eighth Amendment blocked that ordinance, and the city appealed to SCOTUS for clarification about whether the 8th actually prevents it from applying the ordinance.
