Today (Friday June 28, 2024), Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA), the top Democrat on the House Financial Services Committee, released this statement following the Supreme Court’s ruling in the case of Gloria Johnson v. City of Grants Pass, Oregon to determine whether local government policies that ban sleeping or “camping” in public spaces without alternative shelter violate Constitutional protections against cruel and unusual punishment under the Eighth Amendment.
Congresswoman Maxine Waters Outraged at Supreme Court Decision Allowing for the Jailing, Fining of People Experiencing Homelessness
