Government
Mar. 6, 2024
Biden administration tries to thread needle in anti-camping case
The solicitor general’s amicus curiae brief cites a 1962 Supreme Court decision that overturned a law making it a crime to be addicted to narcotics, but also asserts that cities and states should have substantial latitude to regulate sleeping or camping in public.
The Biden administration has weighed in with the U.S. Supreme Court on whether an Oregon city’s anti-camping ordinance violates the Eighth Amendment ban on cruel and unusual punishment, asking justices to remand the case back to the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.
Solicitor General Elizabeth B. Prelogar’s brief appears to be trying for middle ground in the contentious legal battle that has pitted Democratic appointees to the 9th Circuit ...
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