The Supreme Court announced Friday that it would examine whether local laws prohibiting people from sleeping in public places are cruel and unusual punishments prohibited by the Constitution. The Oregon city Grants Pass wrote to the Supreme Court asking it to review a lower-court decision that prevented them from enforcing their public camping ordinance.
The Supreme Court announced on Friday that it would take into account whether native laws that forbid poor people from sleeping on common property are cruel and unusual punishments that the Constitution does not permit. Grants Pass, Oregon, requested in writing that the high court review a lower court’s ruling prohibiting it from enforcing its open camping ordinance. The local laws that forbid poor people from sleeping on common property are cruel and unusual punishments, the Supreme Court said on Friday. Grants Pass, Oregon, requested in writing that the great court overturn a lower court’s ruling prohibiting it from enforcing its open camping ordinance.
The Supreme Court announced Friday that it would examine whether local laws prohibiting people from sleeping in public places are cruel and unusual punishments prohibited by the Constitution. The Oregon city Grants Pass wrote to the Supreme Court asking it to review a lower-court decision that prevented them from enforcing their public camping ordinance.
