 So it says it is not cruel and unusual to fine or jail unhoused people for sleeping outside, even if they have nowhere else to go. Writing for the majority, Justice Gorsuch said, look, homelessness is complex. It's caused by lots of things. And federal judges do not have special power to tell cities how to handle it. This overturns lower court rulings in the Ninth Circuit. That's nine western states, including California, which is where the bulk of the country's homeless population lives out west.