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Supreme Court Rules Bans on Camping on Street Do Not Violate 8th Amendment

Supreme Court Rules Bans on Camping on Street Do Not Violate 8th Amendment

We’ll talk about the opinion and what happens next.

KQED's Forum

June 28, 202415m 47s

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Show Notes

On Friday, the court, in a 6-3 opinion authored by Justice Gorsuch, announced that “camping ban” laws that restrict unhoused people from sleeping on public property do not constitute “cruel and unusual punishment” and are therefore not prohibited by the Eighth Amendment. These laws had been challenged by cities, including San Francisco. We’ll talk about the opinion and what happens next.


Guests:


Rory Little, professor of constitutional law, UC School of Law, San Francisco - former federal prosecutor and criminal defense attorney

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