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The June 2 episode of "CBS News Sunday Morning" included a segment that looks a case involving Grants Pass and homeless policy, and what a Supreme Court ruling on the issue might mean.
The decision over this Grants Pass, Oregon rule could influence homelessness policies across the US.
The Supreme Court will decide if cities can implement laws that punish people for sleeping outside. Bishops oppose the ban, and Catholic agencies serving homeless populations shared concerns about the ruling's possible impact.
A 2023 law that lowered the number of jurors needed to recommend the death penalty has resulted in a "quintessential game of chance" for inmates being resentenced because of changes in the state's death-penalty process and unconstitutionally "silences Black voices," groups are arguing in what could be a pivotal Florida Supreme Court case.
There is no one solution, including the best-intentioned right-to-shelter policies, that can address the multitude of issues that drive people into homelessness on a daily basis.