Washington — The US Supreme Court has rejected a bid by Boise to overturn a lower court’s ruling that prohibited authorities in the Idaho city from prosecuting homeless people for staying outside if a bed at an emergency shelter is not available.
The justices left in place a ruling by the San Francisco-based ninth US Circuit Court of Appeals that fining or jailing homeless people for sleeping in public or unauthorised places violates the US constitution’s bar on cruel and unusual punishment, a decision the city said threatens public health and safety...
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