In a case likely to have broad ramifications throughout the West, the court found an Oregon city’s penalties did not violate the Constitution’s...
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Today (Friday June 28, 2024), Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA), the top Democrat on the House Financial Services Committee, released this statement following the Supreme Court’s ruling in the case of Gloria Johnson v. City of Grants Pass, Oregon to determine whether local government policies that ban sleeping or “camping” in public spaces without alternative shelter violate Constitutional protections against cruel and unusual punishment under the Eighth Amendment.
In a case likely to have broad ramifications throughout the West, the court found an Oregon city’s penalties did not violate the Constitution’s...
The U.S. Supreme Court voted 6-3 to allow an Oregon city to target homeless people for sleeping on public property.The ruling handed down Friday...
The Supreme Court ruled 6-3 on Friday that an Oregon city’s law restricting camping on public property does not violate the Constitution’s...
U.S. Supreme Court justice Clarence Thomas identified a previous ruling that he would like to upend.The conservative majority sided with an Oregon...
Sara Rankin, a law professor cited in Sotomayor’s dissent in the Oregon case, warns more cities will seek to banish the unhoused
Civil rights groups warned that Friday’s ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of punishing people for sleeping outdoors...
A recent Supreme Court ruling that allows cities to implement stricter laws targeting outdoor camping will not alter Seattle’s official policies on...
Hunter Biden's attorneys are arguing that the Supreme Court's decision to uphold a ban on gun possession by someone accused of domestic violence...
More than 500 new homes and shelter spaces will be added to the housing stock in Kamloops after an announcement by the provincial government today...
What about the long stays on death row, does it constitute cruel and usual punishment? What did the Supreme Court decide? Cite a case-law example...