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The case has ramifications nationwide for homeless people, even as the population of unhoused people in the U.S. continues to grow rapidly.

The Supreme Court is considering how far cities can go in banning homeless people from sleeping outside—and Justice Sonia Sotomayor simplified the entire case to a brilliant hypothetical.

But four conservative justices may impact just how far the majority goes.

Supreme Court justices discuss whether cities can ticket homeless people

The ordinances “nominally prohibit camping, but in reality make it unlawful for homeless people to sleep or rest anywhere on public property at any time with so much as a blanket to survive the cold, even if they have no access to shelter,” the lawyers argued.

A group of homeless plaintiffs argue that local laws aimed at banning sleeping outside violated their constitutional rights. The city claims that’s not what the Eighth Amendment means.

Dozens of demonstrators have gathered at the Supreme Court as the justices will consider whether banning homeless people from sleeping outside when shelter space is lacking amounts to cruel and

The Supreme Court is wrestling with major questions about the growing issue of homelessness as it considers whether cities can ban people from sleeping outside when shelter space is lacking.

There is a very important US Supreme Court case to watch this week, especially if you are concerned about transients in places like Bozeman and Missoula.

In what advocates call the most important case on homelessness in 40 years, the Supreme Court must decide whether cities can punish the unhoused for sleeping in public when they have nowhere else to go.