Professor Joel Johnson's Amicus Brief in City of Grants Pass v. Johnson Featured in Divided Argument Podcast

Professor Joel S. Johnson's amicus brief in the Supreme Court case City of Grants Pass v. Johnson is featured in the Divided Argument podcast.  The podcast,  co-hosted by professors Will Baude of University of Chicago Law School and Dan Epps of Washington University in St. Louis School of Law, provides analysis of recently decided Supreme Court cases. The episode, titled "Hope Springs Eternal," considers the Supreme Court's decision in City of Grants Pass v. Johnson that the cruel and unusual punishment clause of the Eighth Amendment does not prohibit the City of Grants Pass from enforcing criminal punishments against people who are homeless for camping.

Professor Johnson's amicus brief is described as a "really interesting amicus brief" that "make[s] th[e] argument that the Robinson principle should be grounded not in the Eighth Amendment, but in the Due Process Clause." Although the amicus brief "doesn't get a citation [in the Court's opinions]," it "looks like" the Court "might have been paying attention" to "some of [its] argumentation."

The episode may be found at Divided Argument (discussion of Grants Pass v. Johnson at 53:30, and Professor Johnson's brief at 1:07:10)