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The court’s Ebenezer Scrooge-like decree is a symptom of the times, as evidenced by one San Antonio politician's recent actions.
Writing for the majority, Justice Neil Gorsuch said that Grants Pass “forbids ‘occupy a campsite’ on public property ‘for the purpose of maintaining a temporary place to live’. Under the city’s laws, it makes no difference whether the charged defendant is homeless, a backpacker on vacation passing through town, or a student who abandons his dorm room to camp out in protest on the lawn of a municipal building.
“The idea that people choose to live or sleep in public spaces is a myth,” a bevy of organizations dedicated to assisting the homeless. “Nationally, as of 2022, there was a shortage of 188,000 shelter beds for individual adults ... Multiple surveys and studies have shown that the vast majority of those who are unsheltered would move inside if safe and affordable options were available.”
So, “according to the majority, although it is cruel and unusual to punish someone for having a common cold, it is not cruel and unusual to punish them for sniffling or coughing because of that cold,” Sotomayor explained via a sarcastic analogy. It’s an absurd distinction without a difference. That’s not a solution. That’s a revolving door of cruelty for its own sake. But it is highly lucrative.in May. One man, between February 2021 and February 2024, was fined more than $290,000. That’s 941 tickets, amounting to “more than what most Houstonians earn in seven years,” according to the story.
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