NPR: In its biggest decision on homelessness in decades, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that cities can ban people from sleeping and camping in public places.

In its biggest decision on homelessness in decades, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that cities can ban people from sleeping and camping in public places.

U.S. Supreme Court says cities can punish people for sleeping in public placesnpr.org The decision is a win for Western cities that wanted more powers to manage record homelessness. But advocates for the unhoused say the decision will do nothing to solve the larger problem

They really went with a whole “The law, in its majestic equality, forbids rich and poor alike to sleep under bridges, to beg in the streets, and to steal loaves of bread” doctrine.

Shoot, I forget which book that's from.

The Red Lily by Anatole France

Thank you!

So if you're homeless, the court expects you to not be homeless?

Correct. Or go be homeless somewhere else. Because that's a sustainable solution. /s

Get ready for a citation after a long day of work because you dozed off at the bus stop.

No, cities are generally only interested in harassing people who are obviously homeless.

I see your point, and also cops love to use laws like this to criminalize and/or brutalize anyone who isn't white, able-bodied, and gender conforming, regardless of housing status

Absolutely, very fair point.

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Fair point.

So if you have a planned camping trip make sure you don’t go to a city where you can be jailed for it.

You wrote: "Grants Pass and other cities argued that lower court rulings fueled the spread of homeless encampments, endangering public health and safety." You forgot to write how public health and safety are endangered? Maybe because… it isn't?

That's not how forgetting works.

good point

If only there were better solutions for people who lack housing.

An experiment doled out money to homeless people in Denver, no strings attached. Here’s what happened.coloradosun.com The percentage of people who had housing at the 10-month check-in of the Denver Basic Income Project climbed to 45%.

where are they supposed to go?

In the words of one of my city councilmembers: somewhere else.

Well why didn't they say so?! /s

Gotta fill more of those privately-owned prison complexes somehow amirite?

I thought this was the Onion. Then the penny dropped. They should all have to experience homelessness before they can rule on this.

This court is on a rampage.

I think it's time to burn the Congress buildings down.

Happy to house them in a jail cell, but not a house. Merica.

Cool, so they can sleep in private places, right? Right?

I was under the impression they were already doing that?

Now they have complete legal impunity.

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