impose criminal penalties for sitting, sleeping or lying outside on public property for homeless individuals who cannot obtain shelter. it held at the ordinances were unconstitutional and constituted cruel and unusual punishment under the eighth amendment. the matter came before the powerful 9th circuit court, which has jurisdiction for the western united states and all of california. the ninth circuit has been regarded as a progressive bastion, but president trump was able to appoint ten judges to the ninth circuit. it limited what idaho could do with regard to its homeless. this time a three-judge panel similarly ruled against a city s effort to regulate its homeless population. when grants pass then sought to have the matter considered by the entire circuit, it could not get the required vote from all a act tiff members of the bench. that s when all hell broke lose. the denial of a full review drew 16 dissents and many statements. as the oregonen reported, many who dissent
that s when all hell broke lose. the denial of a full review drew 16 dissents and many statements. as the oregonen reported, many who dissented argued that it created a confusing set of rules based on a flawed interpretati and made the judges in inappropathomeless policy czars. it placed a straight jacket on west coast cities that are now left with little recourse to deal with an insurmountable and widespread rise. the conservatives on the court ruck a united front as los angeles times put it in their spobs, the conservative wing painted a portrait of an american west deprived of public spaces and under siege. in response, to judges in the majority on the panel wre that