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Justices to consider constitutionality of punishing people for sleeping outside as western states seek to address encampments

Unhoused people in Grants Pass were arrested for sleeping outside, but there was nowhere else for them to go.

The question has confounded western cities. The Supreme Court will weigh in | United States

The Fayetteville City Council asked no questions and no answers were given as the group approved without discussion a request by the Fayette County Development Authority to approve the first […]

Grants Pass City Council President Vanessa Ogier and her mom Cindy Ogier arrived Saturday in Washington, D.C., and snagged the first spot in line to camp outside the U.S. Supreme Court, hoping to be …

The case is being watched closely by city and state officials who are uncertain how to respond to a surge in homelessness and encampments

The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals largely found that it is unconstitutional to punish people for sleeping outside when there is not adequate shelter space.

WASHINGTON — The most significant case in decades on homelessness has reached the Supreme Court as record numbers of people in America are without a permanent…

The justices on Monday will consider a challenge to rulings that found punishing people for sleeping outside when shelter space is lacking amounts to unconstitutional cruel and unusual punishment

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday will weigh whether punishing people for sleeping outside when shelter space is lacking is unconstitutional.