chrisgeidner ,
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It's a two-box day at SCOTUS, so we are expecting between two and four decisions.

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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. https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/23pdf/23-175_19m2.pdf

chrisgeidner OP ,
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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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After Gorsuch read extensively from his opinion, Sotomayor is reading from her dissent.

"Sleep is a biological necessity," she begins, "not a crime."

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Sotomayor's conclusion in dissent looks to the “near future" for different action from the court.

I remain hopeful that our society will come together “to address the complexities of the homelessness challenge facing the most vulnerable among us.” Ante, at 34. That responsibility is shared by those vulnerable populations, the States and cities in which they reside, and each and every one of us. “It is only after we begin to see a street as our street, a public park as our park, a school as our school, that we can become engaged citizens, dedicating our time and resources for worthwhile causes.” M. Desmond, Evicted: Property and Profit in the American City 294 (2016). This Court, too, has a role to play in faithfully enforcing the Constitution to prohibit punishing the very existence of those without shelter. I remain hopeful that someday in the near future, this Court will play its role in safeguarding constitutional liberties for the most vulnerable among us. Because the Court today abdicates that role, I respectfully dissent.
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    • chrisgeidner OP ,
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    The Supreme Court continues to choose not to livestream opinion announcements, so people not at the court can neither hear Gorsuch and Sotomayor nor understand what's taking so long.

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