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One of yesterday’s SCOTUS opinions is going to cause massive debate in cities across the US. In Grants Pass v. Johnson, No. 23-175 (2024), the Supreme Court’s 6-3 conservative majority voted to uphold an ordinance that prohibits any person from camping on public property or parking overnight in city parks. In the decision facing criticism for allowing towns to criminalize the homeless, the Court held that the city’s ordinance did not constitute cruel and unusual punishment under the Eighth Amendment to the United States Constitution because it does not distinguish between “a person facing homelessness, a backpacker on vacation, or a student who abandons his dorm room to camp out in protest on the lawn of a municipal building.” Given the Court’s holding, some cities in Massachusetts may consider adopting a similar Grants Pass-type ordinance to combat the state-wide homelessness issues. My prediction: Expect any such adopted ordinance to face a constitutional challenge under Article 26 of the Massachusetts Declaration of Rights (which like the Eighth Amendment also prohibits cruel and unusual punishment). The SJC has held repeatedly - including just this year - that our state constitution affords broader protections than the federal Eighth Amendment. I would not be surprised if at least some members of the SJC want to criticize Grants Pass’s reasoning as applied to our state constitution.

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