You Don’t Have a Right to Safe Drinking Water, US Court Rules

Source: www.motherjones.com · Section: politics · Bias: Left · Published: Sat, 05 Sep 2026 18:29:29 GMT

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 […]

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