<![CDATA[The US Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit has ruled there is no constitutional right to clean #water]]>The US Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit has ruled there is no constitutional right to clean .
The UN has declared a human right to water, but that has no sway here.
If there's no "constitutional" right, federal & state laws must provide that protection.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/sep/08/mississippi-clean-water-case-constitutional-right

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There IS a constitutional right to clean water but our courts are way too corrupt and evil to consider defending them. Lining their pockets comes first.

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human rights? in mississippi? good luck with that, SIGH

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"That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, --That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness."

Safety.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/constantorbit/statuses/117238018278637134https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/constantorbit/statuses/117238018278637134Tue, 08 Sep 2026 23:29:51 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to The US Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit has ruled there is no constitutional right to clean #water on Tue, 08 Sep 2026 23:07:38 GMT]]>@petergleick I love this article because it shows how Canada is leading the way on ass backwardness with clean drinking water. America is merely copying us.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/indigenous/canada-shamattawa-water-appeal-9.7265494

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