By a 6-3 majority, the U.S. Supreme Court decided that cities had the right to forbid homeless individuals from sleeping on the streets or in public.
This from oann.com.
Many experts believe the 1980s to be the time frame when the current “homelessness epidemic” began in the United States.
Some notably, left-wing pundits claim this was due in part to former President Ronald Reagan’s “decision to close mental institutions” after signing a repeal of former President Jimmy Carter’s Mental Health Systems Act of 1980. However, others adamantly reject this claim and note that the legislation was a Leftist initiative.
[The Act was repealed] with a
Democratic majority in both houses.
