“Federal court rules there is no constitutional right to safe drinking water.” “A federal appeals court has used a decades-long water crisis in one of the Blackest cities in America to rule that the U.S. Constitution does not guarantee Americans the right to clean and safe drinking water. The Sept. 4 ruling came even after Jackson, Mississippi, residents alleged officials knew the water was contaminated and assured the public it was safe. To this point, the appellate court also ruled that the Constitution does not offer citizens the “right to truthful information from officials during a public health crisis.” (Capital B).
In the age of Trump, I sadly have become used to headlines that are obscene, bizarre, sadistic, painful, miserable, and pathetic. I have not become numb to them, but seriously, the spark of surprise at their content has become less and less shocking, and more and more expected.
And now I read this article, where the Courts are declaring that our Constitution gives no fucks about each and every American having the right to safe and clean drinking water. If you live in a location where that municipal, county, or state government is run by fools who place profit over people, most likely owned and operated by some corporation that never gave a shit about people, who have now decided that it is too costly to provide the life-sustaining clean water, well then either die or spend your life savings and purchase bottled water.
Yep, in America, it is of no concern, as stated by a Federal Court, for you to drink clean, safe water. Nope, your local government can lie to you, can purposely hide the truth from you, and in return, you have no rights to fight back. Just when I think we have reached some of the lowest points of our American life, suddenly the idea of demanding clean water is illegal!
