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Facts and Case Summary — Korematsu v. U.S. | United States Courts

... camps that were set up and occupied in about 14 weeks. ... The district court ruling cleared Korematsu's name, but the Supreme Court decision still stood as ...

Blue America pleads for the Supreme Court's help on homelessness

This is no coincidence. Rulings of the 9th Circuit make it hard for local officials to control homeless encampments, according to two dozen ...

US Supreme Court says cities can punish people for sleeping in ...

Those decisions did allow cities to restrict when and where people could sleep and even to shut down encampments – but they said cities first ...

Supreme Court Ruling Empowers Local Governments to Address ...

In a landmark decision, the U.S. Supreme Court has ruled in favor of increased local authority to manage homeless encampments in the case of ...

Court divided over constitutionality of criminal penalties for ...

The Supreme Court on Monday was divided over a challenge to the constitutionality of ordinances in a southwest Oregon town that fines people who are homeless.

Supreme Court to decide if ban on homeless encampments is 'cruel ...

Several of the justices appeared concerned about the prospect of criminalizing homelessness but they also worried about limiting a city's ...

The Fight Continues Against Criminalization of Homelessness

The Supreme Court's momentous ruling last month in the Grants Pass v. Johnson case removed a key protection for unhoused people, allowing criminalization even ...

The U.S. Supreme Court Just Ignited Oregon's Next Fight Over ...

So now all cities can jail people for camping? Not so fast. The Supreme Court decision will allow states and cities to pass tough camping bans, ...

Supreme Court will hear case about homeless encampments, with ...

The ruling was binding on West Coast cities, where rising rates of unsheltered homelessness that later spiked during the pandemic were driving ...

SCOTUS Rules on Homelessness as DOJ Reveals a War on the Poor

“Regardless of any future Supreme Court ruling, the law” is clear that “officers lack reasonable suspicion to stop people for merely sleeping on ...

California responds to Supreme Court ruling on encampments - CNBC

CNBC's Kate Rogers on a recent Supreme Court ruling on public encampments and how major cities in California have responded.

A Supreme Court case could have major implications for ... - WHYY

The case speaks to the rights of people who are experiencing homelessness, and whether cities can forcibly remove them when shelter beds and ...

Supreme Court Allows Politicians to Criminalize Homelessness

The court ruled in City of Grants Pass v. Johnson that an Oregon town can ban sleeping outdoors. The 6-3 ruling fell along ideological lines. “ ...

Cities can punish homeless people for sleeping outside, Supreme ...

The U.S. Supreme Court has upheld an Oregon law that bans people from sleeping outdoors in all circumstances. The decision, released Friday ...

Supreme Court Overrules Martin v. Boise in Important Homeless ...

28 Jun Supreme Court Overrules Martin v. Boise in Important Homeless Encampment ... Today in Grants Pass v. Johnson, the Supreme Court held that the Eighth ...

In wake of Supreme Court ruling, Brockton advances encampment ban

Supreme Court ruling ripples: This past June, the Supreme Court ruled that cities can punish people for sleeping in public places — even when ...

Supreme Court hears case that could upend homelessness policies

If the Supreme Court reverses the 9th Circuit, its decision could free city officials and their police to remove homeless encampments from ...

Supreme Court Gives Cities in California and Beyond More Power to ...

The 2018 Boise ruling changed how cities respond to homeless encampments. Many interpreted the court decision to mean that they could not ...

'Punishing the most vulnerable': Bishops, Catholic agencies react to ...

California Gov. Gavin Newsom praised the Supreme Court's decision and said in a statement it provides state and local officials "the definitive ...

Supreme Court issues ruling on homeless camping bans - KING 5

Gavin Newsom said the decision gives state and local officials authority to clear “unsafe encampments” from the streets under policies that ...