Brief of Amici Curiae Center for Constitutional Rights, Transgender Law Center, National Center for Lesbian Rights, Make the Road New York et al. in Support of Respondents
The brief argues that punishing involuntarily homeless people for sleeping outside when no shelter is available is cruel and unusual punishment. It contends this criminalizes poverty and violates the Eighth Amendment.
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