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Mongabay
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A U.S. federal appeals court ruled that residents of Jackson, MS, do not have a constitutional right to lead-free water or accurate info from officials. The decision blocks a lawsuit over toxic lead exposure that harmed children, sparking outrage from environmental legal experts.

mongabay.ccCourt rules residents of a US city don’t have a constitutional right to lead-free waterA U.S. federal court recently ruled that residents of Jackson, Mississippi, don’t have a constitutional right to truthful information from public officials, nor the right to municipal drinking water…

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tsm-pa.bsky.social
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One needs only to look at the preamble of the constitution which states among other things, “promote the general welfare”. How is it even possible that these cretin right-wing judges can make such a judgement to keep children in harms way? Shameful does not come close to describing these judges.