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"Engelhardt stated there is no “constitutional right to truthful information from officials during a public health crisis.” " " “Defendants’ actions allegedly
by lukan 1mo ago
"Engelhardt stated there is no “constitutional right to truthful information from officials during a public health crisis.” "
" “Defendants’ actions allegedly deprived Plaintiffs of clean water and guileless information. These deprivations, while grievous, do not infringe upon any deeply rooted constitutional right.”"
He basically says, the constitution does not care, whether the government lies to citizens, so they continue to drink poison water.
Well, I always though trust of citizens in government is the main thing a constitution should provide and establish, but the "Donald Trump-appointed judge Kurt Engelhardt" apparently thinks different.
- mdp2021 1mo agoI hope an analyst e.g. from the umbrella of Eugene Volokh will write about this case.
- jvdvegt 1mo agoSo from now on you can safely assume your government is lying (especially the current administration). Worrisome...
- rascul 1mo agoGovernments lie all the time. This is not new.
- lukan 1mo agoNew to me is that judges openly confirm and accept it.
- PepperdineG 1mo agoYou could have assumed that since practically inception, especially when it came to treaty signing.