US Supreme Court Care Grants Pass v Johnson Petitioning Against Punishment of the Homeless Is To Be Heard Monday

NATION: This week, the US supreme Court has issued instructions to an Oregon state lower court--a decree that might represent a reprieve for the homeless throughout the nation. In response to a petition put forth by the city of Gant Pass, Oregon, the lower court will be caused to review a decision that prohibits the homeless sleeping in restricted park and camping areas. By Michelle Crawford-Sapenter In the most recent moments expressed by Grants Pass residents and the city authority, the US Supreme Court was reached in regard to the hope for protecting the city's homeless. A recent decision by the Grants Pass court approved plan for imposing a law that would criminalize the homeless to ensure that the region's parks and camp grounds would be free from the encroachment of unhoused people. The court's decision has been challenged by the Grants Pass council and homeless residents ofthe city. According to a law that had been passed 3 years ago, the state of Oregan established that homeless would not be punished for sleeping on or near public sites. The law has been challenged this year in the case Grants Pass v Johnson. While the Johnson group has taken steps to prohibit homeless residents any right to sleep on their 's or other public property, the case was, subsequently brought before the US Supreme Court. According to the petition brought by the Grants Pass group, the laws meant to prohibit the homeless from engaging in sleeping in safe areas within the city are punitive and, therefore unconstitutional. The case , also, cites the matter involving one homeless resident who, while utilizing public camping grounds and parks for sleeping for several years, it is in the last months of 2024 that she has received 2000 dollars in fines issued by law enforcement. The fines have been issued in keeping with the law that prohibits the homeless their choice of sleeping areas in public. Following a petition put forth by support groups in Oregon, including Disability Rights Oregon, the Oregon Food Bank and 15 other Oregon groups, including the Cascade AIDS Project, Habitat for Humanity of Oregon and Partners for a Hunger Free Oregon, and subsequent to the homeless resident's Supreme Court petition, the brought in opposition of the prohibition laws in Grants Pass will be brought before the US Supreme Court on Monday, April 22.