SCOTUS rules in favor of Oregon city imposing penalties on homeless

(NewsNation) —The Supreme Court has ruled in favor of an Oregon city that wants to impose criminal and civil penalties on people who sleep and essentially live in a public park, creating a landmark precedent for homelessness policies. 

In the court's 6-3 decision in the case Grants Pass v. Johnson, justices argued that the court cannot say the punishments Grants Pass imposes qualify as cruel and unusual.

Justice Neil Gorsuch wrote the majority opinion with Sonya Sotomayor, Elena Kagan and Ketanji Brown Jackson dissenting.

"Sleep is a biological necessity, not a crime," the three liberal justices wrote in their dissent. "For some people, sleeping outside is their only option."

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