Re: Top News: 'Cruel' Supreme Court Rewards 'Corporate Greed' and Criminalizes Homelessness (fwd)

[robert <http://dummy.us.eu.org/robert>]

 > From: Noelle <noelle>
 > Date: Fri, 28 Jun 2024 17:11:23 -0700 (PDT)
 >
 > re:Grants Pass
 > "Gorsuch suggested that unhoused people could invoke "necessity... 
 > insanity, diminished-capacity, and duress defenses" when they are 
 > prosecuted for poverty-related offenses.
 > 
 > In a dissent calling the criminalization of unhoused people 
 > "unconscionable and unconstitutional," Justice Sonia Sotomayor wrote 
 > that "sleep is a biological necessity, not a crime."
 > 
 > "For some people, sleeping outside is their only option," she 
 > noted."

Again, Biden and his ilk completely passed over an opportunity to talk
about housing-as-a-right in the United States.