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Published on 2024-06-29 09:10:27
The US Supreme Court has ruled in a 6-3 vote along ideological lines that cities can ban homeless people from sleeping rough.
It is the court’s most significant decision on homelessness since at least the 1980s, when many experts say the modern US homeless crisis began.
The ruling says that local governments can enforce laws against people sleeping in public places without being in violation of the US constitution’s limits on cruel and unusual punishment.
The case started in…
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