SCOTUS Deliberates Over Homeless Camps And A Fictional ‘Right To Housing’


by The Federalist

The Federalist— There is nothing in the text or history of the cruel and unusual punishments clause that remotely grants anyone a right to public housing.

KOBI-TV NBC5—SCOTUS weighs Grants Pass' power to enforce homeless camping ordinance. WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Supreme Court on Monday is weighing the constitutionality of whether cities, specifically in the western United States can criminalize sleeping or camping in public places when a person has nowhere else to go. According to an NBC News report, the court, which has a 6-3 conservative majority, will review an appeals […]

FrontPageAfricaonline.com—Demolishing Of Buduburam Refugee Camp Leaves Liberians Homeless, Rights Group Asserts. Monrovia – The National Society for Human Rights is urging the Liberian government to take concrete steps to address the current situation facing Liberians living in the Buduburam Refugee Camp in Ghana. By Willie N. Tokpah The group, currently operating in about 37 countries across the world, has raised alarm about the terrible living conditions []

@Marketplace—SCOTUS weighs policy on policing homeless people amid a national housing shortage. The court will decide if enforcing a public camping ban in Grants Pass, Oregon, is considered cruel and unusual punishment.