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UncleMeattoday at 12:35 PM0 repliesview on HN

That’s not what the outcome of this case would be if it went in the other direction.

In this case the state told the people that the water it was already providing was safe, when in fact it was contaminated with lead. This case was about a 1983 suit for state officials knowingly violating a constitutional right.

Few constitutional rights create affirmative responsibility for the state to provide for them. Pretty much just public defenders.