(August 30, 2023, 1:06 PM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — An Oregon city barred by the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals from enforcing its public camping ordinance after it was challenged by a class of involuntarily homeless individuals filed a petition for a writ of certiorari in the U.S. Supreme Court asking the justices to decide whether enforcement of such laws constitutes “cruel and unusual” punishment prohibited by the Eighth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution....