The Supreme Court is set to hear oral arguments Monday over a challenge to a law letting cities fine homeless people, potentially radically changing the lives of the hundreds of thousands without homes. The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that cities cannot ticket homeless people for camping in public when there were no alternative
Lower courts ruled it's "cruel and unusual" to fine or jail people on public land if no shelter is available. An Oregon city says that's hamstrung efforts to keep public spaces safe and open to all.
RIO GRANDE VALLEY, Texas (ValleyCentral) — The Supreme Court heard arguments in a case that could impact how cities across the nation handle homelessness on Monday. The case comes after a city in Oregon is fining people for sleeping or camping in public places. The city of Grants Pass, Oregon issued over 500 tickets for []
The justices discussed immunity, coups, pardons, Operation Mongoose - and the future of democracy.
Experts say the Supreme Court case on homelessness is more likely to impact smaller cities.
An ordinance barred people without a permanent residence from sleeping outside.
On Monday, justices heard a case that could have sweeping implications for how cities respond to homelessness.
The Biden administration is trying to use the federal Emergency Medical Treatment & Active Labor Act to invalidate Idaho’s pro-life law banning nearly all abortions.
Nearly two years after overturning the constitutional right to abortion, the Supreme Court will consider Wednesday how far state bans can extend to women in medical emergencies.
A case working its way through the Supreme Court could end up giving cities the power to outlaw homelessness.
If you are homeless and have nowhere to go — neither a temporary shelter bed nor a permanent home — can you be fined or, worse, jailed for sleeping on a sidewalk? Or is that cruel and unusual punishment? That’s the question that the Supreme Court wrestled with Monday when it heard oral arguments in the case of Grants Pass vs. Johnson regarding the Oregon city's ordinance allowing police to fine or jail homeless people for sleeping outside. A federal district court ruled that the law violated the...
In a tense hearing, the justices weighed whether sleeping outdoors could be criminally punished.