The SCOTUS ruling authorizes cities to ban outdoor sleeping encampments.
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Jul 9
tripwire69.bsky.socialPeople: "Oh my god, how can the Supreme Court rule that cities are allowed to criminalize homelessness?!" Those same People:- @american_voices@backend-staging.newsmast.orgSupreme Court rules cities can ban homeless people from sleeping outdoors – Sotomayor dissent summarizes opinion as ‘stay awake or be arrested’ #TheConversation
Jul 7
did:plc:57cqupmwnrpl2wpx3i46rtlmSCOTUS ruling authorizes cities to ban outdoor sleeping encampments: “Cities are now further emboldened to ignore effective housing-based solutions, opting instead to punish those with no alternative but to sleep on the streets.” truthout.org/articles/sco...- @josephinelee@texasobserver.socialSCOTUS ruling authorizes cities to ban outdoor sleeping encampments: “Cities are now further emboldened to ignore effective housing-based solutions, opting instead to punish those with no alternative but to sleep on the streets.”
Jul 3
did:plc:ixt3c4zzqcmegb3zpdnn63jh‘"Stay awake or be arrested." SCOTUS greenlights criminalizing homelessness’ In a landmark decision, the Supreme Court ruled that city’s can fine and jail people for sleeping outdoors on public property whether or not they have access to shelter.