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Record numbers in the US are homeless. Can cities fine them for sleeping in parks and on sidewalks?
![J. Scott Applewhite Activists demonstrate at the Supreme Court as the justices consider a challenge to rulings that found punishing people for sleeping outside when shelter space is lacking amounts to unconstitutional cruel and unusual punishment, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, April 22, 2024. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/738d1e8b96904f01ae8803971f323d55/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
Activists demonstrate at the Supreme Court as the justices consider a challenge to rulings that found punishing people for sleeping outside when shelter space is lacking amounts to unconstitutional cruel and unusual punishment, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, April 22, 2024. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
![J. Scott Applewhite Activists demonstrate at the Supreme Court as the justices consider a challenge to rulings that found punishing people for sleeping outside when shelter space is lacking amounts to unconstitutional cruel and unusual punishment, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, April 22, 2024. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/01dfcba5f09d46179beff4f888977185/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
Activists demonstrate at the Supreme Court as the justices consider a challenge to rulings that found punishing people for sleeping outside when shelter space is lacking amounts to unconstitutional cruel and unusual punishment, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, April 22, 2024. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
![J. Scott Applewhite Activists demonstrate at the Supreme Court as the justices consider a challenge to rulings that found punishing people for sleeping outside when shelter space is lacking amounts to unconstitutional cruel and unusual punishment, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, April 22, 2024. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/2725dd3bfca842b2a91afc732031202a/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
Activists demonstrate at the Supreme Court as the justices consider a challenge to rulings that found punishing people for sleeping outside when shelter space is lacking amounts to unconstitutional cruel and unusual punishment, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, April 22, 2024. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
![J. Scott Applewhite Helen Cruz, who once lived on the streets in Grants Pass, Ore., speaks at a rally outside the Supreme Court as the justices hear arguments in the Grants Pass homeless case, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, April 22, 2024. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/f63da16288c548db94d1bff1643e6854/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
Helen Cruz, who once lived on the streets in Grants Pass, Ore., speaks at a rally outside the Supreme Court as the justices hear arguments in the Grants Pass homeless case, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, April 22, 2024. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
![J. Scott Applewhite Activists demonstrate at the Supreme Court as the justices consider a challenge to rulings that found punishing people for sleeping outside when shelter space is lacking amounts to unconstitutional cruel and unusual punishment, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, April 22, 2024. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/e23b3da360304bd0be7d654251b55208/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
Activists demonstrate at the Supreme Court as the justices consider a challenge to rulings that found punishing people for sleeping outside when shelter space is lacking amounts to unconstitutional cruel and unusual punishment, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, April 22, 2024. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)