I have an article on the Fox News site this morning about the Grants Pass lawsuit that the Supreme Court is being asked to take up—a case with important ramifications for the homelessness crisis in American cities, and especially in Phoenix. Excerpt:
To be fair, both of those rulings said cities can still enforce laws against camping on the streets. "Even where shelter is unavailable," the Martindecision declared, "an ordinance prohibiting sitting, lying, or sleeping outside at particular times or in particular locations might well be constitutionally permissible."Nevertheless, bureaucrats nationwide have found the "involuntariness" rationale so confusing that some can’t figure out how to address their local homelessness problems—and others have seen the rulings as a handy way to evade responsibility. As Judge Blaney put it, "city officials that wish to do nothing while such encampments grow and fester" have viewed the Martin and Grants Passcases as "convenient excuse[s]."
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