Thanks for the ping and the thread, CFW!
In a dissenting opinion, Sotomayor argues that laws like the one at issue in this case punishes people who do not have access to shelter for being homeless and therefore violates the Eighth Amendment.
“It is possible to acknowledge,” she writes, “and balance the issues facing local governments, the humanity and dignity of homeless people, and our constitutional principles. Instead, the majority focuses almost exclusively on the needs of local governments and leaves the most vulnerable in our society with an impossible choice: Either stay awake or be arrested.”
Many of us feel sorry for those that are homeless through no fault of their own. But the liberals on the Supreme Court want to rule on emotions rather than on law.
The truth is that if government would get out of the way and allow private entities to solve the problem, we would not have ever increasing amounts of homelessness.