Supreme Court Rules Bans on Camping on Street Do Not Violate 8th Amendment

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🗓️ 28 June 2024

⏱️ 16 minutes

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On Friday, the court, in a 6-3 opinion authored by Justice Gorsuch, announced that “camping ban” laws that restrict unhoused people from sleeping on public property do not constitute “cruel and unusual punishment” and are therefore not prohibited by the Eighth Amendment. These laws had been challenged by cities, including San Francisco. We’ll talk about the opinion and what happens next. Guests: Rory Little, professor of constitutional law, UC School of Law, San Francisco - former federal prosecutor and criminal defense attorney Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:13.6	The Supreme Court has handed down a couple of huge cases this morning, including one that's
1:18.0	likely to impact life on the streets of Bay Area cities.
1:21.8	We'll get a quick look at the implications of this morning's decisions.
1:25.3	And then we'll step back with author Nicola Twilly to talk about her new book, Frostbite,
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1:50.8	cryosphere. So coming up next, right after this news. Welcome to Forum. I'm Alexis Madrigal. Well, one of the biggest Supreme Court cases for West Coast urban life just came down, the long-awaited Grants Pass decision. That case which arose in southern Oregon had been a key tool for unhoused people fighting sweeps of their encampments.
2:18.4	San Francisco Mayor London Breed is actually cited in Justice Neil Gorsuch's opinion, saying
2:23.1	the legal interpretation held in the Ninth Circuit had, quote, severely constrained San Francisco's
2:28.2	ability to address the homelessness crisis. No longer. The court's six-through opinion found that the ordinance against
2:36.3	camping and therefore the clearing of encampments was not, quote, cruel and unusual punishment.
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