1) fitting that Gorsuch, a notably cruel jurist, has the majority opinion here
2) another vindication of my view that the conservatives on the court are re-inflating the police powers of states to regulate public behavior and morality as they please
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...
It's great that we have a super parliament of unaccountable, unelected judges, and that they have all the vision, generosity, and sense of proportion of a below average HOA
the conservative agenda: increase policing powers to enforce their vision of community, while degrading the government's operation power to serve the community
except now the guy in the truck cab slowly freezing to death could have been *arrested* if he fell asleep, sending him to a nice warm jail cell (and simultaneously being fired for not being in the truck cab.)
Anatole France: 'The law, in its majestic equality, forbids the rich as well as the poor to sleep under bridges, to beg in the streets, and to steal bread.'
As they strip away the concept of rule of law through contradictory, outcome-driven decisions, they must ensure the state's capacity to inflict violence on those it seems inferior remains unobstructed.
Lawlessness walking hand-in-hand with cruel restrictions on citizens' lives. Federalist Freedom
