Homeless Advocates Divided After Supreme Court Upholds Ban on Public Camping

Published on June 28, 2024

Advocates for the homeless expressed divergent reactions to a June 28 Supreme Court ruling that upheld an Oregon city’s ban on public camping targeting homeless encampments. The high court, in a 6–3 vote, overturned a Ninth Circuit decision that had blocked enforcement of the local ordinance. In doing so, the majority found that the law banning homeless camping does not constitute “cruel and unusual punishment” prohibited by the Eighth Amendment. The Supreme Court ruling is expected to have significant impact in the western United States and beyond. Municipal authorities will have far greater latitude to clear homeless camps and put infringers in jail....

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