🌿 Environment 2d ago · Adam Mahoney, Capital B

Federal court rules there is no constitutional right to safe drinking water

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Federal court rules there is no constitutional right to safe drinking water
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A federal appeals court has used a decades-long water crisis in one of the Blackest cities in America to rule that the U.S. Constitution does not guarantee Americans the right to clean and safe drinking water.



The September 4 ruling came even after Jackson, Mississippi, residents alleged officials knew the water was contaminated and assured the public it was safe. To this point, the appellate court also ruled that the Constitution does not offer citizens the “right to truthful information fro

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