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Supreme Court allows cities to ban homeless people sleeping outside, even when shelter space is lacking

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The Oregon case decided Friday is the most significant to come before the high court in decades on the issue and comes as a rising number of people in the U.S. are without a permanent place to live.

Supreme Court allows cities to ban homeless people sleeping outside, even when shelter space is lacking

The Oregon case decided Friday is the most significant to come before the high court in decades on the issue and comes as a rising number of people in the U.S. are without a permanent place to live.

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Supreme Court allows cities to ban homeless people sleeping outside, even when shelter space is lacking

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  • So Police patrol forcing homeless to drink strong coffee?

    • reminded me of

      this

      ID: comic showing a homeless person sleeping in a doorway when a cop comes and tells them it's illegal to sleep in public. The homeless person replies saying they guess they'll just go to a hotel tonight, or maybe their townhouse or the Hamptons, then make a mock call to "Smithers" saying their "super fun street sleeping holiday" is over and asking which mansion they should sleep in, as the cop thinks "next: outlaw sarcasm"

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