In a defeat for advocates of the unhoused, the US Supreme Court has rejected the argument that it is cruel and unusual punishment to outlaw sleeping outdoors in urban spaces. The 6-3 decision broke down along ideological lines, with the conservatives refusing to apply the Eighth Amendment to prohibit cities from trying to keep homeless people from sleeping in the streets, and the liberals in dissent arguing that “sleep is a biological necessity, not a crime” and that outlawing it...

The Supreme Court on Friday ruled that a local ordinance to bar anyone without a permanent residency from sleeping outside does not amount to "cruel and unusual" punishment under the Eighth Amendment. The 6-3 opinion authored by Justice Neil Gorsuch reversed an appeals court ruling that found an outdoor camping ban in Grants Pass, Oregon to be unconstitutional. "Homelessness is complex. Its causes are many. So...

On Friday, the United States Supreme Court found that it is constitutional to jail people simply because they are homeless. Their decision, in City of Grants Pass v. Johnson, clears the way for cities across the country to treat unhoused people cruelly because they cannot afford a place to stay. Seattle City Attorney Ann Davison, whose office submitted briefing in the case in support of the Court’s decision, has embraced this opportunity to further punish the most vulnerable people in...

The Supreme Court’s decision in City of Grants Pass, Oregon v. Johnson will save lives by allowing local governments and law enforcement agencies to determine how best to respond to homelessness in their own communities. In many cases, that will mean intervening in homeless encampments that are dangerous both to the people living in them and nearby communities. The overreach of the federal court system into local homeless policy over the last six years has...

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The Anti-Defamation League is seeking to drain the US Victims of State Sponsored Terrorism Fund of billions of dollars in response to Hamas's attack on Israelis in Israel on October 7.

After a four-year legal battle, two Mexican divisions of Monsanto, now subsidiaries of Bayer, announced they dropped lawsuits against the Mexican government. Several lawsuits were initiated in response to President Andrés Manuel López Obrador 2020 presidential decree, which aimed to ban glyphosate and genetically modified (GM) corn for human consumption.