The Supreme Court will have to decide if banning homeless people from sleeping outside when shelters are full, amounts to cruel and unusual punishment. What about when the shelters have room but the homeless refuse and prefer to sleep outside? The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals already struck d...
," said Theane Evangelis, an attorney representing the city before the Supreme Court. "We believe that it's cruel to allow these conditions to continue, and that cities need to have the flexibility to address all of the circumstances as they work on long term solutions to homelessnes...
Washington —The Supreme Court on Monday wrestled with the constitutionality of local laws that ban public camping in adispute over whether an Oregon city's rulesaimed at addressing homelessness violate the Eighth Amendment's prohibition on cruel and unusual punishment. The case is themost significa...
California Gov. Gavin Newsome says a Supreme Court ruling that cities can enforce bans on people sleeping outdoors in West Coast areas will give local officials more freedom to address the crisis.
public safety." In San Francisco, which is facing a homelessness crisis, city leaderstold the Supreme Courtthat the 9th Circuit's decision has prevented it from enforcing six state and local laws that place limits on where and when homeless people can sleep and erect tents on public property...
California Gov. Gavin Newsome says a Supreme Court ruling that cities can enforce bans on people sleeping outdoors in West Coast areas will give local officials more freedom to address the crisis.
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Supreme Court has agreed to hear an appeal in a New York case over the right to carry a firearm in public for self-defense. This would be the court's first case on gun rights since Justice Amy Coney Barrett joined the bench in October, making a 6-3 conservative majority....
WASHINGTON (AP)-In a significant defeat for former President Donald Trump, the Supreme Court on Monday declined to step in to halt the turnover of his tax records to a New York state prosecutor. The court’s action is the apparent culmination of a lengthy legal battle that had already reac...