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The Supreme Court wrestled with major questions about the growing issue of homelessness as it considered whether cities can ban people from sleeping outside.

The Supreme Court wrestled with major questions about the growing issue of homelessness as it considered whether cities can ban people from sleeping outside.

The National Homelessness Law Center called it the "most significant case about homelessness in 40+ years."

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The justices seemed split along ideological lines in the case, which has sweeping implications for how the country deals with a growing homelessness crisis.

Even Justice Amy Coney Barrett sounded put off by a far-reach attack on the rights of homeless people.

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court wrestled with major questions about the growing issue of homelessness on Monday as it considered whether cities can ban people from sleeping outside when shelter space is lacking. The case is considered the most significant to come before the high court in decades on the

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.

WASHINGTON — A majority of U.S. Supreme Court justices Monday seemed inclined to side with an Oregon town’s law that bans homeless people from sleeping outdoors, in a case that could have broad implications for local ordinances related to homelessness across the country. During oral arguments in City of Grants Pass, Oregon v. Johnson, conservative […] The post US Supreme Court appears to lean toward Oregon city in complex homelessness case appeared first on Stateline.

If we had an actual war on poverty, the increase in shelter beds and conditions could make this case moot.