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A group of people experiencing homelessness in Portland filed a class action lawsuit which has been appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court to decide on whether enforcement constitutes as cruel and unusual punishment.
Case could have major implications for homeless policies in Humboldt
In oral arguments on Monday, comments by the six justices who comprise the right-wing majority on the Supreme Court suggested they would overturn a lower court injunction that protects unhoused people in Grants Pass, Oregon from being arrested for sleeping in public.
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The case concerns a Hancock County man who lost his roughly $40,000 property over not paying $2,600 in taxes.