Split U.S. High Court: Public Camping Ordinances Don’t Violate 8th Amendment

( June 28, 2024, 11:58 AM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — Ordinances barring camping in public spaces do not violate the Eighth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, a divided U.S. Supreme Court ruled June 28 in an appeal by an Oregon city; the majority further found that the city of Grants Pass’ punishments for violations, including fines and arrests, fail to qualify as “cruel and unusual punishment.”...

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