Yesterday the U.S. Supreme Court denied review in
Boise, ID v. Martin, (Docket No. 19-247, certiorari denied 12/16/2019). (
Order List.) In the case the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals held that the ban on cruel and unusual punishment in the 8th Amendment bars a city from criminalizing sleeping outdoors on public property when homeless people have no option to sleep indoors, including where their access to a shelter is conditioned on their participating in religious programs. (See
prior posting.)
Los Angeles Times has an Opinion piece on the case.