 The court's answer? No. That's ABC's Terry Moran. The high court on Friday also declaring that laws barring homeless encampments do not violate the Eighth Amendment. The high court says even in cities where there are no beds and shelters, it does not constitute cruel and unusual punishment to fine people with no place to sleep but on the street or in camps. Justice Neil Gorsuch wrote for the conservative majority that a community should have the right to set its own policy for homelessness and judges shouldn't dictate it.