The justices heard arguments Monday on whether ticketing people who live on the streets is 'cruel and unusual' and violates the 8th Amendment.
The justices will hear arguments Monday on whether ticketing people who live on the streets is cruel and unusual, and violates the 8th Amendment.The Supreme Court wrestled Monday for more than two and a half hours with the question of whether ticketing homeless people is a "cruel and unusual" punishment that violates the Eighth Amendment.
Much of the argument focused on whether the "anti-camping" ordinances in Grants Pass, Oregon, prohibited conduct, such as sleeping with bedding in a public space, or the status of being homeless. The city of 38,000 argues that the rules are focused narrowly on conduct but the plaintiffs have argued that enforcement has been targeted at people who are unhoused.
Chief Justice John Roberts and other members of the court's conservative majority raised a series of questions that noted the ordinance doesn't explicitly say anything about prohibiting homelessness - and that defining someone's status as "homeless" can be tricky because it can change nightly.
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