Episode 1418 • • 1:02:12 - 1:07:00
1418: Homeless Apocalypse
Supreme Court and the Ninth Circuit Boise Homeless Ruling
The Supreme Court declined to hear an appeal of a Ninth Circuit ruling that prevents cities from ticketing homeless individuals for sleeping in public if no shelter beds are available. The ruling, based on the Eighth Amendment's ban on "cruel and unusual punishment," effectively creates a right to camp on public property. The hosts debate the legal definition of punishment versus torture.