Debates over homeless encampments in the United States have intensified as their number has surged. To tackle the problem, some cities have enforced bans on public camping.

As the Supreme Court prepares to hear arguments about whether such actions are legal, Abbie VanSickle, who covers the court for The Times, discusses the case and its far-reaching implications.

Guest: Abbie VanSickle, a Supreme Court correspondent for The New York Times.

Background reading: 

• A ruling in the case could help determine how states, particularly those in the West,court-homeless-camps-oregon.html"> grapple with a rising homelessness crisis.
• In a rare alliance, Democrats and Republicans arerare-alliance-democrats-and-republicans-seek-legal-power-to-clear-homeless-camps.html"> seeking legal power to clear homeless camps.

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