Additional Amici Support City’s High Court Petition In Encampment Ordinance Case

(October 4, 2023, 12:54 PM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — The governor of California, other government officials and groups filed amicus curiae briefs in the U.S. Supreme Court supporting a petition by an Oregon city asking the justices to decide whether the enforcement of laws such as its own public camping ordinance legally challenged by a class of homeless individuals constitutes “cruel and unusual” punishment prohibited by the Eighth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution....