The Supreme Court decision that could help us take back our cities

For well over a year, hundreds of people – sometimes over 1,000 – have been camping out in tents in Phoenix's Zone, turning the streets into violent sewers.

Timothy Sandefur is the vice president for legal affairs at the Goldwater Institute, which filed a brief urging the Supreme Court to review and overturn the Grants Pass decision. 

And now, the U.S. Supreme Court has a chance to address the underlying cause of the crisis that has struck not just in Arizona but nationwide. 

Phoenix’s Zone is a scene of violence and filth – rife with gang warfare, arson, public intoxication and homicide. For well over a year now, hundreds of people – sometimes over 1,000 – have been camping out in tents in The Zone, turning the streets into violent sewers.