The 5th Circuit Says You Have No Right to Clean Water (Patreon)

OA1295 - Today on Rapid Response Friday: your questions about the Lindsay Clancy mistrial, actual justice for the Tate brothers, Trump’s mystery meat, and the Fifth Circuit’s extremely normal holding that there is no cognizable Constitutional right to clean water and/or honest government.

Finally, today’s footnote recognizes the 60th anniversary of the original Star Trek series with a five-minute mission to boldly go where no podcast has gone before: the strange new world of a poorly-drafted clause in creator Gene Roddenberry’s divorce settlement which was more trouble than a cargo hold full of Tribbles.

“Further Ensuring Affordable Beef For the American Consumer,” The White House (8/26/26)

“Why Did Trump Order Up 660 Million Pounds of Mystery Meat?”, Ercic Schlosser , The New York Times  (9/7/26)

Sterling et al v. City of Jackson, No. 24-60370 (5th Cir., 9/4/2026)

Roddenberry v Roddenberry, 44 Cal. App. 4th 634 (1996) 

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