Supreme Court allows fines against homeless encampments to stand
Of all the 61 rulings issued by the US Supreme Court in the term that officially ended Monday, the one most likely to impact Americans’ daily lives — and itParents walking their children to school have to navigate around discarded needles and human waste; businesses suffer as customers avoid areas littered with debris and cardboard shelters; people risk getting mugged or harassed walking by encampments on their way to work.
Justice Neil Gorsuch, writing for the majority, said local elected officials, not judges, should be calling the shots on how to handle homelessness. Fresno, Calif., Mayor Jerry Dyer called it a “game changer,” adding, “We will now have the opportunity to once again enforce the city of Fresno’s no-camping ordinance.”
Homelessness advocates sued, citing a Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruling, Martin v. City of Boise, that established public camping as a right in the nine states it oversees. For over four decades, New York City residents have been forced to foot an enormous bill — billions of dollars a year — because of a consent decree that settled a lawsuit brought by advocates.
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