Outlawing homelessness: City of Grants Pass v. Johnson
Posted: Sat Apr 27, 2024 1:13 am
What’s your thoughts on this case, this issue?
I don’t know what to think. Seems like a city should be able to clear out camping on public land. In the other hand, if someone has nowhere to go, they have no where to go. How can simply existing be illegal? If you have nowhere to go, and can’t sleep on public land and can’t trespass on private land, then what?On April 22nd 2024, the Supreme Court of the United States heard the case of Johnson v. Grants Pass. This sets the stage for the most significant Supreme Court case about the rights of homeless people in decades. At its core, this case will decide whether cities are allowed to punish people for things like sleeping outside with a pillow or blanket, even when there are no safe shelter options. A decision will be made by June 30th, 2024.
Johnson v. Grants Pass is a court case originally filed in 2018 that determined it is cruel and unusual punishment to arrest or ticket people for sleeping outside when they have no other safe place to go. The case started in Grants Pass, Oregon when the city began issuing tickets to people sleeping in public, even when there were not enough safe, accessible shelter beds.
https://johnsonvgrantspass.com/