What few constitutional rights the homeless enjoy may soon be on the line at the high court.

  • bob_wiley@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    What to they need the 8th Amendment for? Can’t they use the 1st Amendment? All the homeless can move right in front of the government buildings, make a couple signs, and exercise “the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.” The grievance being the policies or lack of resources that led to the situation in the first place.

    Problems are harder to ignore when they have to look at it every day on the way into work.

    • bitwise@kbin.social
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      1 year ago

      They’ll be moved by force if it gets large enough. Homeless people reaching critical mass is something cities actively “tackle” by loading them onto buses and sending them elsewhere.