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It's a two-box day at SCOTUS, so we are expecting between two and four decisions.
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First decision is Grants Pass. Gorsuch has the 6-3 opinion finding that the Eighth Amendment does not bar "generally applicable" laws banning public camping. Sotomayor writes the dissent. www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/23p...
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The Grants Pass law, as Sotomayor made clear in dissent, went further, banning public sleeping with any covering, so much as a blanket, even when no other options are available. This is a very troubling ruling.
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And, like I keep telling people, this will impact the housed too. Now, all that stands between you and, say, being shaped with a fine or jailed, is whether anyone wants to enforce the law on you for taking a nap in the park on your lunch break. Oh, you didn't MEAN to fall asleep? Tough shit.
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This is going to be expanded to sleeping in you car immediately.