And exactly no legal case will be made in relation to this, because you can only make a case if you have standing, and what homeless person has the time or money to do that?
Yes, time, because it takes time to appear in court and work with attorneys, and when you’re homeless, you kind of need to spend that time just getting by.
This is what groups like the ACLU are for, though I’d imagine that kind of help really depends on the strategic context. It’s difficult to make any case in this climate knowing the highest court is so corrupted.
You’d still have to find a willing petitioner who has standing, and is able to go all the way through the (likely) multi-year process.
Wait a second, I bet you could do that with a vandweller or an RV retiree? But then I am also thinking … how do you determine what district or state someone is qualified to be registered in if they don’t have an address? This gets complicated, I think.
Most homeless people do not start homeless, so they will have established residency somewhere at some point in their lives. Even if it hasn’t been updated since they were kids. You are always assumed a resident of a place until you change it to something else. It doesn’t really expire
You can’t, it’s different. Charging someone with a crime is easy, and even if the person doesn’t talk or have ID they are given a John Doe identifier and a random number and will go through the criminal proceedings.
In civil cases that information cannot be left blank, otherwise a clerk cannot file it and the courts won’t place it on a docket.
And exactly no legal case will be made in relation to this, because you can only make a case if you have standing, and what homeless person has the time or money to do that?
Yes, time, because it takes time to appear in court and work with attorneys, and when you’re homeless, you kind of need to spend that time just getting by.
This is what groups like the ACLU are for, though I’d imagine that kind of help really depends on the strategic context. It’s difficult to make any case in this climate knowing the highest court is so corrupted.
You’d still have to find a willing petitioner who has standing, and is able to go all the way through the (likely) multi-year process.
Wait a second, I bet you could do that with a vandweller or an RV retiree? But then I am also thinking … how do you determine what district or state someone is qualified to be registered in if they don’t have an address? This gets complicated, I think.
Most homeless people do not start homeless, so they will have established residency somewhere at some point in their lives. Even if it hasn’t been updated since they were kids. You are always assumed a resident of a place until you change it to something else. It doesn’t really expire
Whatever method they use to charge homeless people with crimes I suppose. They might have to set up a PO box or something somewhere.
Crimes are charged where the crime took place, where you live doesn’t matter.
You can be charged with a crime in a place you don’t have residence.
Yes, I’m saying if you can process someone for a crime without a home address you can do it for a lawsuit. It’s not some insurmountable hurdle.
You can’t, it’s different. Charging someone with a crime is easy, and even if the person doesn’t talk or have ID they are given a John Doe identifier and a random number and will go through the criminal proceedings.
In civil cases that information cannot be left blank, otherwise a clerk cannot file it and the courts won’t place it on a docket.