Im saying the Constitution is worthless if it doesnt obligate the government to keep its citizens alive. Clean drinking water is literally the most basic thing anyone can expect.
And what good is a Bill of Rights if the government can just ignore it?
Yeah, they didn't put it in the constitution probably because they thought clean water is a given. I'm sure they thought "nobody will be stupid enough to have to be told this is a human right".
Even as a non American it scares me the kind of present the courts of America are setting. Yeah it's not my country, but there's plenty of places that'll look at America and follow their lead
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A_Union_of_Kobolds@lemmy.world · 76 pts · 1d
Then it seems to me the constitution is worthless, isnt it?
GladiusB@lemmy.world · 16 pts · 21h
It is when the courts have a backbone like a jellyfish.
A_Union_of_Kobolds@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 21h
Eternal192@anarchist.nexus · 10 pts · 22h
They are more like guidelines anyway.
Serinus@lemmy.world · 0 pts · 8h
You're saying the Bill of Rights sucks because it's not complete and total?
funkless_eck@sh.itjust.works · 7 pts · 8h
There should be inalienable rights when part of a society and access to food and water should be part of it.
A_Union_of_Kobolds@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 7h
Im saying the Constitution is worthless if it doesnt obligate the government to keep its citizens alive. Clean drinking water is literally the most basic thing anyone can expect.
And what good is a Bill of Rights if the government can just ignore it?
homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world · 60 pts · 23h
ORLY?
I suppose it’s a question of interpretation
frustrated_phagocytosis@fedia.io · 15 pts · 21h
Say: "My potable water powered gun is empty!!!" SCOTUS: That is unforgivable
nilloc@discuss.tchncs.de · 4 pts · 19h
I could get on board with 2A if it only covered squirt guns.
Witchfire@lemmy.world · 56 pts · 23h
But it provides AI generated CSAM apparently
Smorty@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 38 pts · 23h
it's a product like any other, hm? like
Gerudo@lemmy.zip · 23 pts · 18h
Yeah, they didn't put it in the constitution probably because they thought clean water is a given. I'm sure they thought "nobody will be stupid enough to have to be told this is a human right".
Earthwormjim91@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 7h
They didn’t put it in because the Constitution was written in 1789. Indoor plumbing didn’t even exist yet. “Clean water” was an abstract concept.
LodeMike@lemmy.today · 3 pts · 4h
Large reservoirs came like a century later
prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 7 pts · 7h
Eh, not sure sure since they were drinking low % beer back then instead of water because it was safer.
They didn't put clean drinking water in the Constitution, because it didn't exist on a large scale yet.
robin@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 4 pts · 7h
And neither did industrial pollution
zbyte64@awful.systems · 1 pts · 17m
Makes me wonder why we even bother with burying radioactive waste.
cinoreus@lemmy.world · 21 pts · 13h
Even as a non American it scares me the kind of present the courts of America are setting. Yeah it's not my country, but there's plenty of places that'll look at America and follow their lead
JailElonMusk@sopuli.xyz · 16 pts · 14h
Serinus@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 8h
Is not in the Constitution.
tquid@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 7h
Yep. Declaration of Independence. Not part of our law, but part of our basis for overthrowing an oppressive, extractive government
Dotdashdot@feddit.uk · 1 pts · 6h
Which won’t be acted on as the forefathers clearly took all the balls with them when they died…
Earthwormjim91@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 7h
That’s the Declaration of Independence my guy. None of that is in the Constitution.
nosuchanon@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 7h
About 2-3 days, depending on the season and temperature.
possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip · 12 pts · 20h
That seems like a job for the legislators
spacegoat@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 10h
Garbage people of garbage country
ZombiFrancis@sh.itjust.works · 7 pts · 4h
You should see the kinds of arguments opponents of the Clean Water Act make.
Ranges from "Nature heals all so it is fine" to "Fuck those people for being there."
Amir@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 4h
Third world country, what did you expect
huppakee@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 23h
Wasn't this already posted yesterday? Seems to have been removed, dont know the reason. Mod?