BREAKING: Supreme Court rules cities can ban camping on public streets

The Supreme Court ruled in a 6-3 decision on Friday that cities can legally remove homeless people camping on public property. The Ninth Circuit’s decision in the case was reversed and the case was remanded for further proceedings.

Delivering the opinion, Justice Neil Gorsuch wrote that the "Constitution’s Eighth Amendment serves many important functions, but it does not authorize federal judges to wrest those rights and responsibilities from the American people and in their place dictate this Nation’s homelessness policy. The judgment below is reversed, and the case is remanded for further proceedings consistent with this opinion."

The case related to the city of Grants Pass, Oregon, which had in place public camping laws restricting encampments on public property. The Ninth Circuit had ruled that "the Eighth Amendment’s Cruel and Unusual Punishments Clause bars cities from enforcing public-camping ordinances like these against homeless individuals whenever the number of homeless individuals in a jurisdiction exceeds the number of 'practically available' shelter beds."

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