Posted on 08/07/2015 1:49:02 PM PDT by C19fan
Laws that make it a crime for homeless people to sleep in public places even when there isn't enough room for them at a shelter unconstitutionally punish the homeless, lawyers for the Obama administration said in a court filing on Thursday.
The federal government took this position against so-called anti-camping laws in an ongoing case against the city of Boise, Idaho, which has enforced ordinances banning sleeping in public spaces and ended up convicting homeless plaintiffs.
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AND Along the fence that surrounds the White House and the Vice President’s house.
How about opening the job market? finding help for druggies and mentally ill? putting violent criminals in jail?
I think the problem is that the homeless wind up making a public space (or part of it) their home, which prevents it from being used by anyone else, hence, not really public.
Listen, there’s a tremendous lawn in front of the White House - the quintessential public place who’s main resident only gets to live there if the public says so. If the Federal Government is so concerned with letting the homeless sleep in public places, let them start sleeping on the White House lawn.
Preventing bums from loitering in public places is not making homelessness a crime.
Makes sense to me. There are so many unemployed and unemployable at this time why make an issue of it, especially in light of the bogus labor figures and presidential campaign.
Calling attention to the huge problem of 96,000,000 people out of work by prosecuting the homeless and destitute means Bumbles would have address this outrage without snark. I don’t think that is possible.
The homeless should be rounded up and put to work building the fence between the U.S. And Mexican border.
No need to arrest them. Do what they did in the 50s. Take them to the town/city limits and drop them off. Sleeping outside on the ground there is no different for someone than inside the city limits.
Or take them to the yard of a liberal and leave them there. Because liberals are the reason these people are homeless and should be FORCED to bear the burden of their maintenance.
Forced.
Bammy never goes to his Chitown house. Bunk ‘em there, Dano.
Yes it is. Everybody has to be somewhere. Homelessness is a real thing. We can argue later about what causes it, but in the mean time there are human beings involved. I get it that you would like them to just go away. Where?
Exactly. Plenty of libs with second homes and YUUUUGE yards thanks to the booming crony economy.
I think we need to redistribute liberal wealth and have them pay their fair share.
With 40% of the population getting public assistance I’m surprised there are still homeless people.
To the homes of those that helped make them homeless.
The homeless population exploded when liberals opened the gates of mental facilities thanks in large part to the abuses of the Willlowbrook facility. Thats what made Geraldo famous. But then they went hog wild and closed and restricted many non abuusive facilities in the name of ‘human rights’. The result was mentally ill people left to rot on the streets.
So return these people to the source. Liberals.
The people that are not mentally ill and homeless because of liberal policies should absolutely be cared for and maintained by liberals that CAUSED their homelessness through their insane policies.
When the liberals out of power, jobs will return and the homeless can return to work stripped from them by liberals.
Not enough. You have to make Obama pick his way through them on the way to the helicopter.
Good point.
He would be unfazed. He would step on them and complain about it.
Homelessness is a real issue. I see it every night that I go to work. Even though there are shelters and such, the amount of street people is incredible.
I gotta say I agree with this, at least as it applies strictly to sleeping overnight. Not if they want to set up permanent camp in a spot and not move on in the morning.
Seems like a simple application of natural law to me. Man needs a place to sleep, by nature. Every living creature, man included, has a natural prerogative to provide themselves with whatever accommodations they can secure. So long as they aren’t trespassing or absconding with the property of others, to deny them this is to deny men basic rights that even a simple creature like a mouse or an ant enjoys.
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