01-11-24 Interview - Senior Attorney Mark Miller - Is It An 8th Amendment Violation to Ban Sleeping on the Streets?
b'IS IT AN 8TH AMENDMENT VIOLATION TO BAN SLEEPING ON THE STREETS? That is the question that was just heard by the US Supreme Court in a case called City of Grants Pass, Oregon v. Johnson. The city of Grants Pass in Oregon banned sleeping on the streets with so much as a blanket in an effort to get homeless people to move along. The people sued, and the 9th Circuit agreed with them. Grants Pass has appealed, and now the Supremes will make a huge ruling that will hopefully clarify what the responsibilities of cities trying to get homelessness under control can and can\'t do. This case is EXTREMELY important and I\'ve got Mark Miller, Senior Attorney from the Pacific Legal Foundation on to discuss it at 1.'