John Raphling is a senior researcher on criminal justice for the U.S. program at Human Rights Watch.
The United States Supreme Court decision last month in Grants Pass v. Johnson gives local governments across the country the authority to ticket, arrest, and punish unhoused people for simply existing in public spaces. The ruling undermines the right to adequate housing in the U.S.; it is also profoundly cruel and risks an increase in ineffective criminalization. In its ruling, the court overturned decisions by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in this case and in Martin v.
This decision gives local and state governments a green light to enact and enforce laws banning unhoused people from public spaces, regardless of whether adequate housing or shelter is available to them. States across the country, including Georgia, Texas, Florida, and others, have already passed such laws. A recent study found that the majority of cities examined already had such laws in place.
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