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
and louisiana and half dozen other plaintfs, who the new york tim described as follows. five individuals who campaigned against mas argued that vaccines did not work, opposed lockdowns and pushed drugs that medical experts denounced ineffective. to address what it believed to be the spread of misinformation, white house officials and public health agency leaders held biweekly meetings with tech companies over how to curb the spread of misinformation during the pandemic. former white house director of digital strategy rob flaherty and andy slavic were in constant contact with social media executives. here s an example of what ensued. this an e-mail following an april 2021 meeting between biden administration and youtube officials a about vaccine misinformation and efforts to combat it, rob flauerty, former assistant to the president and director of digital strategy,