text:  And so they want to sort of herd these people into various places. Well, the left, of course, didn't like that. The activists left and they sued. They don't want these tents, these encampments ever taken down. So in a 6-3 ruling, the court said homelessness is not a status protected by the Eighth Amendment's prohibition on cruel and unusual punishment, even when a community offers no access to indoor shelter for homeless people.