The Supreme Court heard arguments in Grants Pass, Oregon v. Johnson, which will have extraordinary implications for the 653,000 people who are homeless right now in the U.S. The court will decide whether state and local governments can make it illegal to be homeless, aka, arrest people for sleeping outside, regardless of any other offense, even if there are no available shelter beds. The court seems inclined to say that they can. This is made possible by a public discourse that
Updates on the criminalization of homelessness
Updates on the criminalization of…
Updates on the criminalization of homelessness
The Supreme Court heard arguments in Grants Pass, Oregon v. Johnson, which will have extraordinary implications for the 653,000 people who are homeless right now in the U.S. The court will decide whether state and local governments can make it illegal to be homeless, aka, arrest people for sleeping outside, regardless of any other offense, even if there are no available shelter beds. The court seems inclined to say that they can. This is made possible by a public discourse that