Tag: Eighth Amendment
From the Cheap Seats: Liberating Local Government
A recent decision of the United States Supreme Court has important implications for localities in California trying to address the problem of homelessness. With a 6-3 majority in the case of City of Grants Pass v. Johnson the high court...
Supreme Court Poised to Allow No-Camping Laws, but Will Liberal Cities Enforce Them?
California and other west coast states have experienced a homeless explosion over the past decade. It’s primarily attributable to one thing: Cities stopped enforcing laws prohibiting overnight camping. This was in response to a Ninth Circuit ruling which found such...