📩 Supreme Court ruling on City of Grants Pass, Oregon v. Johnson; Statement by Take Back the Court
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People Power United is a proud member of the United for Democracy coalition. In response to the Supreme Court ruling on City of Grants Pass, Oregon v. Johnson, one of our fellow coalition members, Take Back the Court, released this statement:
June 28, 2024
Today, the Supreme Court released its opinion in City of Grants Pass, Oregon v. Johnson. In a cruel and dehumanizing decision, the right-wing supermajority ruled that cities and municipalities can punish unhoused people for sleeping outside when shelters are full, enabling them to clear encampments and harming some of their most vulnerable community members.
“Criminalizing homelessness while accepting millions of dollars worth of luxury vacations and other gifts pretty much sums up the state of the right-wing majority: Cruel, out of touch, and out of control,” said Sarah Lipton-Lubet, president of Take Back the Court.
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Take Back the Court’s mission is to inform the public about the danger that the Supreme Court poses to democracy, and about the viability of court expansion—adding seats to the Court—as the only strategy that re-balances the court after its 2016 theft. Learn more: https://www.takebackthecourtfoundation.org/