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From the opinion pages of the Wall Street Journal, this is Potomac Watch.

The Supreme Court hears oral arguments in two big cases, one on a judge-made constitutional right to homeless camping,

and the other that could limit the power of union complaints to strong-arm businesses

into settlements.

Welcome, I'm Kyle Peterson with the Wall Street Journal. strong-armed businesses into settlements.

Welcome, I'm Kyle Peterson with the Wall Street Journal.

We are joined today by my colleagues,

columnist Alicia Finley and Kim Strassal.

Let's start with the argument at the Supreme Court on Monday.

That one was City of Grants Pass, Oregon versus Johnson.

Grants Pass is a town of about 38,000 people that is being blocked by the federal courts from enforcing its ban on

homeless encampments. And here is a piece of what it says in its brief to the justices.

The Eighth Amendment's cruel and unusual punishment's clause

prohibits certain methods of punishment, those that are cruel and unusual, but the

Ninth Circuit has held that the clause forbids governments from imposing any

punishment, not fines, not short

jail terms, not anything, for camping on public property when such conduct flows from the

purported status of being involuntarily homeless.

And here is the reply from Gloria Johnson and John Logan

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