9th Circuit Court of Appeals Rules Homeless Can No Longer Be Prosecuted for Sitting and Sleeping

This is a major victory for poor people, and could set precedent in further case law throughout the rest of the country. Sanity, for many, may depend not only on rest and sleep, but also on living without fear of being punished for resting or sleeping. It appears that the court ruling is contingent, however, on a state of affairs where the number of homeless people exceeds available housing slated for the homeless in the area. But, the ramifications are clear, and the burden is on municipalities to provide housing other than incarceration if they wish to continue attempts to sanitize the streets. Otherwise, the unwitting public will just have to live with unsavory and predictable byproducts of anti-tax capitalism gone mad to the point that it attempts to deprive people the right to be responsible for themselves and/or for one another.