Will the Supreme Court Make Life Worse for America’s Homeless?

Undoubtedly

We spend more money and time to do the wrong thing, in all our institutionalized, crusty cruelty policies than we do to do the right thing with proven results as some of our European models (who for whatever reasons pooped the bed and moved fascist, recently) implemented successfully with documented proven results. Also we fired the Tennessee doctor who worked with the state having proven results working with people who had several ACEs and social/crimes of despair issues.

The court ruled in Martin v. City of Boise that the Eighth Amendment forbids criminal charges against people for sleeping outdoors on public property if they have nowhere else to go. The decision limited local governments’ powers to arrest and remove homeless people from public spaces.

It’ll be another line-crossing point as (proverbial) Titanic sinks, maybe the power going out.

A lot of us are too close to homelessness ourselves. I’ve personally been lucky (other then maybe a month of sofa surfing) but I have close friends who’ve had to deal with hard sleeping and creative impovised protection against the elements.

This is to say, when we unperson the homeless, a lot of us are going to be wondering if we’re next. And if cities start banning homless and law enforcement responds with brutality, well, hopefully we’ll see some social unrest. Otherwise these new laws will be used to reduce marginalized groups to homelessness before disposing of them.

Its one of those Then they came for the trade-unionists moments, and hopefully enough of us will see it relatable enough to take action.

Good. Public spaces should be reserved for functioning members of society. ‘Homeless’ are largely scammers and con men. They choose to reject civilization and they do not deserve to reap benefits that capitalistic societies provide.