Supreme Court Set to Weigh In on Homeless Encampments & Sleeping Outside | EWTN News Nightly

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The Supreme Court is set to weigh in on whether banning homeless people from sleeping outside when shelter space is unavailable amounts to cruel and unusual punishment. The number of homeless people in the US is reaching record levels. In some states, courts have ruled it is unconstitutional to fine and arrest people sleeping in homeless encampments if shelter space is lacking. Lawmakers on both sides say the encampments are becoming harder to manage. This is the first major case on homelessness to appear before the Supreme Court in decades and it could impact shelters run by religious organizations. Legal Counsel for Becket, which filed a friend of the court brief on behalf of homeless shelters run by religious groups, Jordan Varberg, joins to share what stood out the most about the arguments. Varberg tells us more about how this could affect religious organizations. The 9th Circuit in its ruling refused to include homeless shelters run by faith-based groups in its counting of beds available to the needy. Varberg discusses how far-reaching this ruling could be and whether it might affect religious organizations outside of homeless shelters. ------------ EWTN News Nightly provides the latest news and analysis from a Catholic perspective. Join host Tracy Sabol, our Capitol Hill, White House and Rome Correspondents, as well as many other diverse guests daily, to get the latest from the U.S. and the Vatican on topics regarding our Catholic faith and interests. ------------- EWTN News Nightly airs on EWTN weekdays at 6pm & 9pm ET. ------------ Don't miss an episode of EWTN New Nightly. Get updates here: https://www.ewtn.com/tv/shows/ewtn-news-nightly ------------- Sign up today to receive the EWTN News Nightly newsletter: https://www.ewtn.com/enn ------------- Follow EWTN News Nightly on Social Media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ewtnnewsnightly Twitter: https://twitter.com/EWTNNewsNightly Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ewtnnewsnightly/ ------------- Subscribe to EWTN YouTube channel here: https://www.youtube.com/user/EWTN ------------- You can support the EWTN News mission: https://bit.ly/3qDR1qf