Homeless Waive Right To Respond To City’s Petition In Encampment Ordinance Case

(September 22, 2023, 10:33 AM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — Homeless individuals representing a class who have sued an Oregon city over its public camping ordinance filed a waiver in the U.S. Supreme Court stating that they do not intend to respond to the city’s petition for a writ of certiorari, which asks the justices to decide whether enforcement of such laws constitutes “cruel and unusual” punishment prohibited by the Eighth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution....

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