Court: No guarantee for clean drinking water

No constitutional right to clean water, federal court rules

A federal appeals court ruled that the U.S. Constitution does not guarantee the right to clean drinking water after rejecting Jackson residents over the city’s lead-contaminated water system.

En Banc Fifth Circuit Rejects Claims that Jackson, MS Water Crisis Violated Constitutional Rights

The Court rebuffs this effort to claims the Fourteenth Amendment protects positive rights.

Jackson lawsuit ends after court rules no right to clean water

Access to clean drinking water and accurate information from public officials are not constitutional rights, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled.

Court: No guarantee for clean drinking water

A federal appeals court ruled that the U.S. Constitution does not guarantee the right to clean drinking water in a Friday decision rejecting Jackson, Mississippi, residents' lawsuit over the city's lead-contaminated water system.

US federal court says no constitutional right to clean water in Mississippi case

A US appellate court has decided that the federal constitution does not guarantee a right to clean water. That legal opinion came in the form of a decision on Friday from the fifth circuit court of appeals to uphold a lower court's dismissal of a 2022 lawsuit from several Jackson, Mississippi,…