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There’s No Right to Sleep Outdoors

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There’s No Right to Sleep Outdoors
A homeless person sleeps under a blanket outside an Old Navy store window display in New York, on Jan. 11, 2017. Mark Lennihan/AP Photo
Betsy McCaughey
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In a Supreme Court showdown on April 22 over whether the homeless have a “right” to camp in public, almost no one mentioned the actual victims of that crazy idea. Homeless advocates, including the American Civil Liberties Union, told the court that living on the streets is a “victimless” crime. Victimless?

Betsy McCaughey
Betsy McCaughey
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Betsy McCaughey, Ph.D., is a political commentator, constitutional expert, syndicated columnist, and author of several books, including “The Obama Health Law: What It Says and How to Overturn It” and “The Next Pandemic.” She is also a former lieutenant governor of New York.