Corridor Court and the Order Out ordinance: Clark County’s solution to homelessness in Las Vegas a jackpot for gaming industry
Session Title
Casino Industry: Social & Community Impact
Presentation Type
Paper Presentation
Start Date
27-5-2026 12:00 AM
Abstract
The importance of the gaming industry to the economy of Las Vegas, Nevada, has given the industry outsized importance and influence on local government and the judicial process. This is a multi-generational trend that is widely known and generally accepted. To appease the industry, legislative officials and the judiciary approved exclusionary ordinances restricting the freedom of movement for people charged with misdemeanor criminal offenses and streamline their adjudication through the use of Order Out Ordinances and the “Corridor Court.” I identified procedural concerns with the operation of the Corridor Court and constitutional concerns with the ordinances with precedent in state and federal law. The court itself was overwhelmed with volume leading to stress on prosecutors, defense attorneys, judges, and the judicial operations as a whole. I believe the ordinances themselves are unconstitutional as violations of people’s 1st and 8th amendment rights—all while failing the Supreme Court’s rational basis test because the government abdicated its power to the gaming industry. This thesis recommends that a judicial body, when a challenge to the ordinances’ legality arises, finds them unconstitutional.
Corridor Court and the Order Out ordinance: Clark County’s solution to homelessness in Las Vegas a jackpot for gaming industry
The importance of the gaming industry to the economy of Las Vegas, Nevada, has given the industry outsized importance and influence on local government and the judicial process. This is a multi-generational trend that is widely known and generally accepted. To appease the industry, legislative officials and the judiciary approved exclusionary ordinances restricting the freedom of movement for people charged with misdemeanor criminal offenses and streamline their adjudication through the use of Order Out Ordinances and the “Corridor Court.” I identified procedural concerns with the operation of the Corridor Court and constitutional concerns with the ordinances with precedent in state and federal law. The court itself was overwhelmed with volume leading to stress on prosecutors, defense attorneys, judges, and the judicial operations as a whole. I believe the ordinances themselves are unconstitutional as violations of people’s 1st and 8th amendment rights—all while failing the Supreme Court’s rational basis test because the government abdicated its power to the gaming industry. This thesis recommends that a judicial body, when a challenge to the ordinances’ legality arises, finds them unconstitutional.