Does the Eighth Amendment protect homeless people from fines and criminal arrest if they have nowhere to go?

Based on Monday's SCOTUS oral argument, this might be another human rights issue for state legislatures, not the Constitution.

On Monday, April 22, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in City of Grants Pass, Oregon v. Johnson, a case concerning whether the Eighth Amendment’s prohibition on cruel and unusual punishment applies to a town’s ordinance barring public sleeping and camping.

This case comes as the country is experiencing a large spike in homelessness. A December 2023…