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Chris Geidner@chrisgeidner.bsky.social |
First decision is Grants Pass. Gorsuch has the 6-3 opinion finding that the Eighth Amendment does not bar "generally applicable" laws banning public camping. Sotomayor writes the dissent. www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/23p...
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Slick Sharkey, Esq.
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Gorsuch: The law in its infinite majesty forbids both the rich and the poor from sleeping under bridges.
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Grand Mogul
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"Under the city’s laws, it makes no difference whether the charged defendant is homeless, a backpacker... or a student who abandons his dorm room to camp out in protest on the lawn of a municipal building." Looks like someone was watching Columbia protest coverage when writing this turkey of an op.
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@peterkurze.bsky.social
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Frozen trucker part 2?
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Cynbel Terreus
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Cool so if every city has this same fucking law WHERE THE FUCK DO HOMELESS PEOPLE GO? I propose these justices many houses
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Cynbel Terreus
@cynbelterreus.bsky.social
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The SCOTUS 6 to homeless people, "FUCK YOU" basically
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Potomatic
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Why don’t they live in their motor carriages?
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Kim
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So where are they to go? To jail?
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derek
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This is such a dark decision. We knew this court was bad, but this is objectively evil. It doesn't even have the cover of "deferring to the states".
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Just here to chill
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"The law in its majestic equality," reduced to SCOTUS opinion form, cool
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Chris Geidner
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The Grants Pass law, as Sotomayor made clear in dissent, went further, banning public sleeping with any covering, so much as a blanket, even when no other options are available. This is a very troubling ruling.
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