You Don’t Have a Right to Safe Drinking Water, Trump-Appointed Judge Rules
Donald Trump–appointed judge Kurt Engelhardt disagreed. “The Constitution does not provide redress for every governmental wrongdoing,” Engelhardt said. “Defendants’ actions allegedly deprived Plaintiffs of clean water and guileless information.
- ▪Donald Trump–appointed judge Kurt Engelhardt disagreed.
- ▪“The Constitution does not provide redress for every governmental wrongdoing,” Engelhardt said.
- ▪“Defendants’ actions allegedly deprived Plaintiffs of clean water and guileless information.
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Sophie HurwitzScienceSep 12, 2026 5:30 AMYou Don’t Have a Right to Safe Drinking Water, Trump-Appointed Judge RulesAnd if your tap water is undrinkable, you have no “constitutional right to truthful information” about it.Photograph: Steve Pfost/Getty ImagesCommentLoaderSave StorySave this storyCommentLoaderSave StorySave this storyThis story originally appeared on Mother Jones and is part of the Climate Desk collaboration.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.
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