This ruling could apply to homeless, protest and migrants camping outside in public places….
This case had BOTH Republican and Democratic states backing ….
Writing for the majority, Justice Neil M. Gorsuch said the problem of homelessness is complex, but the Eighth Amendment “does not authorize federal judges to wrest those rights and responsibilities from the American people and in their place dictate this Nation’s homelessness policy.”
The court was reviewing a set of laws from Grants Pass, Ore., at a time when local and state leaders are struggling to deal with the growing number of unhoused individuals nationwide. The decision returns the case to the lower courts, and it was not immediately clear whether Grants Pass would be able to enforce its laws against homeless individuals….