With the fate of hundreds of thousands of homeless people on the line, a divided Supreme Court seemed to be inclined Monday to give cities more authority to evict them from street encampments.

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Helena

Lewis and Clark County

Montana

United States

Montana cities watch U.S. Supreme Court case on homeless encampments

In a tense hearing, the justices weighed whether sleeping outdoors could be criminally punished.

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United Kingdom

Supreme Court confronts the US homelessness crisis

Supreme Court justices grappled over whether or not cities and local municipalities should have the authority to ban or restrict homeless encampments, which drew impassioned pushback from the liberal justices.

New York Post

Murdoch family

New York

Supreme Court poised to allow camping bans to stand in major homelessness case

The decision in an Oregon homelessness case, to be released in June, could be the most far-reaching judgment on the rights of the unhoused in decades.

The Washington Post

Jeff Bezos

Supreme Court divided over homeless ban and rights of the unhoused

The Supreme Court considered whether efforts to address homelessness in Grants Pass, Oregon, violated the Constitution&#039;s prohibition on cruel and unusual punishment.

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Michael Redstone

In major homelessness case, Supreme Court grapples with constitutionality of anti-camping ordinances

Court heard oral arguments in Gloria Johnson v. Grants Pass, focusing on whether homeless people have a right to sleep outside.

Newsweek

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Supreme Court justice asks if city can kill homeless people

The court appeared split along idealogical lines, a signal they could side with the Oregon city and say homelessness should be regulated by local officials.

Washington Examiner

Philip Anschutz

Washington

District of Columbia

Justices seem to take city’s side in homeless encampment regulation

California cities are looking to the Supreme Court to win more authority to restrict homeless encampments.

Los Angeles Times

Patrick Soon-Shiong

Los Angeles

Los Angeles County

California

Supreme Court divided on homelessness case that will impact California encampment policy

Supreme Court could allow Bay Area cities to clear more homeless camps.

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Santa Clara County

Could the Supreme Court make it easier for Bay Area cities and beyond to clear homeless camps?

The Supreme Court weighs the constitutionality of municipal ordinances that punish homeless people for camping on public property when they have nowhere else to go.

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Supreme Court conservatives skeptical of challenge to Oregon city's crackdown on homeless

In Grants Pass, a city of 40,000 inhabitants in the United States, a law is to prevent homeless people from camping on public grounds. An appeals court takes the decision. Now it goes to the country’s Supreme Court. Depending on how it decides, it could have dramatic effects for thousands of affected people.

In der 40.000-Einwohner-Stadt Grants Pass in den USA soll ein Gesetz Obdachlose am Campen auf öffentlichem Gelände hindern. Ein Berufungsgericht kippt den Entschluss. Nun geht es zum Obersten Gericht des Landes. Je nachdem, wie es entscheidet, könnte das dramatische Auswirkungen für Tausende Betroffene haben.

Supreme Court appears likely to let cities crack down on homelessness

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