DE Homelesss advocates react to SCOTUS Case that could criminalize homelessness

WMDT— DELAWARE – The Supreme Court of the United States is weighing a case on whether homelessness can be criminalized, giving local governments broad authority to dismantle homeless encampments and levy criminal charges against occupants on public land. Advocates for the homeless in Delaware including Shepherd’s Office in Georgetown say, that making those who live in tent cities criminals won’t make

Bangor Daily News—Maine’s homeless advocates are closely following this key Supreme Court case. The Court will soon decide whether the city of Grants Pass, Oregon, enacted a “cruel and unusual” punishment when it fined and sometimes jailed hundreds of people sleeping outside.

Raw Story—SCOTUS seems set to 'narrow the scope' of criminal case against Trump: N.Y. Times. The conservative majority of the U.S. Supreme Court seems set to "narrow the scope" of the criminal case against Donald Trump which alleges that he conspired to subvert the 2020 election, according to a new report. If Trump’s argument that he is immune from prosecution because he was president is accepted, even in part, by the court, it would "most likely send the case back to the trial court to draw distinctions between official and private conduct," making it much harder to carry out the trial...

KABC-AM—Homeless Case in Sacramento To Proceed. Sacramento County District Attorney Thein Ho gets a partial victory in his fight against homeless encampment on the streets of Sacramento.