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The Supreme Court is wrestling with major questions about the growing issue of homelessness as it considers a ban on sleeping outdoors.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court wrestled with major questions about the growing issue of homelessness today as it considered whether cities can punish people for sleeping outside when shelter space is lacking. It's the most...

Lower courts ruled it's "cruel and unusual" to fine or jail people on public land if no shelter is available. An Oregon city says that's hamstrung efforts to keep public spaces safe and open to all.

 

Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court began to hear arguments over local laws that ban the homeless from camping in public.

A legal advocacy organization has filed a lawsuit against the city of Morgantown, alleging the city is violating the First Amendment rights by enforcing a 2005 panhandling ban. Mountain State Justice filed the lawsuit Monday in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia on behalf of Anthony Rowand, an unemployed Monongalia County […] The post Legal advocacy organization files suit against Morgantown over panhandling ban appeared first on West Virginia Watch.

The Supreme Court is considering whether local governments can make it a crime to sleep outside if no inside space is available.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court wrestled with major questions about the growing issue of homelessness on Monday as it considered whether cities can punish people for sleeping outside when

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The case is the most significant to come before the high court in decades on the issue and comes as record numbers of people are without a permanent place to live in the United States.