CSPAN2 Supreme July 3, 2024
First, the cruel and unusual punishment clause governs which punishments are permitted. Not what conduct can be prohibited. Second, no precedent supports the ninth ciuirule. Instead they misread robinson to bar any punishment for inluntary conduct linked to a status. But robinson tells only that states cannot outlaw the stu of drug addiction. It made clea can prohibit conduct like drug us could ts court should not rewrite robinson sixeces later third,heinth circuits approach has proven unworkable. The eighth amendment does not tell courts who is involuntarily homeless, what shelter is adequate...