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The Supreme Court Won't Consider Boise's Homelessness Case. Here's What That Means

A bike, sleeping bag, and cart left ona sidewalk.
Emilie Ritter Saunders
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Boise State Public Radio

 

Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court decided not to hear a consequential case called Boise v. Martin. The case hinged on whether an ordinance against sleeping in public is constitutional. What does this mean for Boise -- and for cities in the West like Los Angeles, San Francisco and Seattle with more acute homelessness problems? We dig into this issue with the Mountain West News Bureau’s Madelyn Beck and University of Idaho law professor Shaakirrah Sanders.  

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