OAN’s Brooke Mallory
4:13 PM – Friday, June 28, 2024
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.
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Since at least the 1980s, many experts believe this time frame is when the current “homelessness epidemic” began in the United States.
Some notable left-wing pundits claim that 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 However, others adamantly reject this claim and note that the legislation was repealed “with a Democratic majority in both houses.”
Three homeless people had filed a lawsuit in the city of Grants Pass,…
