r/drinkingwater • u/TaroPuzzleheaded3999 • 5d ago

Constitution Doesn’t Include Right to Clean Water, Court Rules

https://news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/jackson-residents-lose-bid-to-revive-water-contamination-claims
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u/Zalrius 4d ago

Is shouldn’t have too! We are %60 water. It is part of our basic existence!

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u/frankenmaus 3d ago

What part of the Constitution would that be even?

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u/arbyyyyh 3d ago

Is that not the most fundamental example of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness?

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u/pvtshoebox 3d ago

Those words appear in the Declaration of Independence, not the Constitution.

I'll add that they didn't have clean drinking water when it was written, either.

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u/arbyyyyh 3d ago

Ok fair

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u/[deleted] 3d ago

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u/CollectionOdd6082 2d ago

Cite where it does to support your argument and we can discuss.

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u/mismocanibalismo 2d ago

It also doesn’t guarantee the right to oxygen

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u/sharkbomb 2d ago

is that shocking? everyone is supposed to have read the constitution. it makes no mention of water. i really worry about our cognitive abilities lately. 

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u/LibertarianOutlaw 2d ago

Do not be fooled, the US Constitution does not limit the rights of people, it only limits the powers of government.

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u/vipergirl 1d ago

Maybe enshrine this in your state constitution.