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Kelsey Atherton @atherton.bsky.social · 10 days
The Supreme Court, in its majestic equality, forbids rich and poor alike to sleep under bridges, to beg in the streets, and to steal their bread.
Avatar Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 10 days
The Grants Pass case, SCOTUS' first big homelessness case in a while, dropped. 6-3 conservative majority. "Held: The enforcement of generally applicable laws regulating camping on public property does not constitute “cruel and unusual punishment” prohibited by the Eighth Amendment."
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yarrriv @yarrriv.bsky.social · 10 days
Thomas chiming in to say that in his view the poor should actually be more severely punished