Constitution Doesn’t Include Right to Clean Water, Federal Court Rules

You don’t have a right to safe drinking water, Trump-appointed judge rules

Residents of Jackson, Mississippi, say their city government knowingly exposed them to lead-contaminated drinking water and then failed to tell them the truth about it. The Fifth Circuit just ruled that the Constitution doesn’t give them the right they were claiming. In a decision handed down Friday, the full U.S. Court of Appeals for the […]

You don't have a right to safe drinking water, US court rules

On Friday, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the dismissal of a lawsuit against the city of Jackson, Mississippi, which alleged the city knowingly let residents drink lead-contaminated water.  The lawsuit, first filed in 2022, says the contamination violated Jacksonians’ constitutional right to bodily integrity. Donald Trump-appointed judge Kurt Engelhardt disagreed. “The Constitution does […]

US Constitution Does Not Guarantee Right To Clean Drinking Water, Rules Federal Appeals Court

A divided federal appeals court has ruled that the US Constitution does not grant a fundamental right to clean drinking water or accurate information from public officials, affirming the dismissal of a civil rights lawsuit brought by residents of Jackson, Mississippi over widespread lead contamination. US Constitution Does Not Guarantee Right To Clean Drinking Water, Rules Federal Appeals Court.

Constitution doesn’t include right to clean water, federal court rules

The U.S. Constitution doesn’t provide a right to clean drinking water or accurate information from public officials, a divided federal appeals court ruled.

"The US Constitution does not guarantee the right to clean drinking water — the court": Residents of Jackson tried to obtain protection from poisoned water through the court, but lost the case

"The US Constitution does not guarantee the right to clean drinking water — the court": Residents of Jackson tried to obtain protection from poisoned water through the court, but lost the case. "The U.S. Constitution does not guarantee...

Constitution Doesn’t Include Right to Clean Water, Court Rules

The US Constitution doesn’t provide a right to clean drinking water or accurate information from public officials, a divided federal appeals court ruled.