The Oregon case decided Friday is the most significant to come before the high court in decades on the issue and comes as a rising number of people in the U.S. are without a permanent place to live.

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    4 months ago

    They want to imprison homeless instead of house them to exploit them for slave labor. Abolish slavery in prisons and see if they keep outlawing homelessness.

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      Homeless people who get arrested for camping and similar minor “offenses” are typically quickly released. Many of them have mental health and substance abuse issues, so they’re not the best workers. Even the prisons don’t want them.